God will uplift or Yahweh exalts
Geremiah is a rare phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Jeremiah. It stems from the Hebrew name Yirmiyahu, which combines elements meaning 'to exalt' or 'to uplift' with a reference to the divine.
Less common today
Geremiah isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,984 in 2012.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
Major Hebrew prophet and author of the Book of Jeremiah