Jeremy
Hebrew at root, the name carries the sense of someone exalted by God. In Poland it stays rare: most people have never met a Jeremy, though a few boys still get it each year and the count is slowly climbing.
Jeremy Pronunciation
Jeremy is pronounced ye-RE-mih (/jɛˈrɛmɨ/).
What Jeremy means
Where Jeremy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jeremy comes from Hebrew. It is the English form of Jeremiah, from Yirmeyahu, a name built on the idea that God will raise a person high. The short meaning that reached Polish, wywyższony przez boga, keeps that old sense close: exalted by god.
English readers first met the short spelling in scripture. The King James Bible writes the prophet's name as "Jeremy" in the Gospel of Matthew, at 2:17 and again at 27:9. So the form reached English through a translator's pen rather than through a nursery.
On a Polish class register, or an official form at the urząd, Jeremy fills the line cleanly, with no diminutive attached. It arrived as an import and settled in among names with older local roots. The name grew no Polish pet forms of its own. What stays is the Hebrew root and its meaning: exalted by god.
How many people are named Jeremy
1 in 55734 men in Poland is named Jeremy. 383 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1517 among male names.
Jeremy's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1066 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Jeremy is most popular
Jeremy is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+852%
Jeremy as a middle name
Jeremy is a first name for 383 men in Poland and a middle name for another 104, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 698th, between Mścisław (105) and Serwacy (104).
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#696 Luiz105
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#697 Mścisław105
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#698 Jeremy104
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#699 Serwacy104
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#700 Wirgiliusz104