Meaning & History
Finnish (allegedly Karelian) form of Jeremiah. This was the name of a character in Juhani Aho's novel Panu (1897).
Related Names
DiminutiveJere
Other Languages & CulturesErmias (Amharic) Jeremiah, Jeremias, Jeremy (Biblical) Ieremias (Biblical Greek) Yirmeyahu (Biblical Hebrew) Hieremias (Biblical Latin) Jeremiah, Jem, Jemmy, Jere, Jeremy, Jerry (English) Jez, Jezza (English (British)) Jérémie, Jérémy (French) Jeremias (German) Geremia (Italian) Jeremi, Jeremiasz (Polish) Jeremias (Portuguese) Jeremías (Spanish)
People think this name is
classic mature informal common wholesome strong strange
Name Days
Finland: June 26
Categories
Entry updated April 25, 2021