Jeremiasz
After years on the margins it's climbing again, a comeback name most Poles have still never actually met. At root it's Hebrew, the fuller form beside the shorter Jeremi, and it carries the sense "God will exalt".
Jeremiasz Pronunciation
Jeremiasz is pronounced ye-REM-yahsh (/jɛˈrɛmjaʂ/).
What Jeremiasz means
Where Jeremiasz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jeremiasz comes from Hebrew, from the name given to one of the great prophets of the Bible. The older form, Yirmeyahu, ties a verb of raising up to a shortened form of the divine name, and Polish tradition reads it as bóg wywyższa, God exalts. In English the sense stays close: Yahweh will exalt.
The prophet Jeremiah gave the name its long reach. He warned Jerusalem before its fall and left a book that bears his name, and through the Church his story reached Poland with the rest of the biblical calendar. A boy called Jeremiasz carries that ancient voice without having to explain it.
The name also keeps a shorter companion. Jeremi, the variant, turns up when the full form feels too heavy, and Polish readers know it from Sienkiewicz, whose prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki fills the pages of Ogniem i mieczem. On a class register the long form stands out at once. It is a name of four syllables and old weight, and its meaning stays fixed: God will exalt.
When Jeremiasz celebrates name day
Jeremiasz appears 8 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 5 April.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Jeremiasz
1 in 7621 men in Poland is named Jeremiasz. 2,803 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #610 among male names.
Jeremiasz's popularity over time
121 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #235 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where parents choose Jeremiasz
Jeremiasz is most popular in Opole, 54% above the national average (26 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+41%) and West Pomeranian (+36%). It is least common in Holy Cross and Podlaskie, 65% and 42% below average respectively.
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Opole
+54%1 in 1,773 babies
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Pomeranian
+41%1 in 1,938 babies
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West Pomeranian
+36%1 in 2,010 babies
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Holy Cross
−65%1 in 7,919 babies
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Podlaskie
−42%1 in 4,699 babies
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Lubusz
−39%1 in 4,514 babies
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Opole+54% 26 born1 in 1,773 babies+54%
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Pomeranian+41% 76 born1 in 1,938 babies+41%
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West Pomeranian+36% 42 born1 in 2,010 babies+36%
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Greater Poland+35% 106 born1 in 2,031 babies+35%
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Silesian+15% 96 born1 in 2,371 babies+15%
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Lesser Poland+13% 94 born1 in 2,414 babies+13%
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Subcarpathian−5% 42 born1 in 2,871 babies−5%
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Masovian−9% 118 born1 in 3,002 babies−9%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−17% 33 born1 in 3,315 babies−17%
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Lower Silesian−18% 47 born1 in 3,343 babies−18%
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Warmian-Masurian−24% 20 born1 in 3,590 babies−24%
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Lublin−31% 26 born1 in 3,949 babies−31%
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Łódź−31% 32 born1 in 3,960 babies−31%
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Lubusz−39% 11 born1 in 4,514 babies−39%
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Podlaskie−42% 14 born1 in 4,699 babies−42%
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Holy Cross−65% 7 born1 in 7,919 babies−65%
Jeremiasz as a middle name
Jeremiasz is a first name for 2,803 men in Poland and a middle name for another 760, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 260th, between Aureliusz (760) and Ginter (756).
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#258 Patrycjusz761
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#259 Aureliusz760
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#260 Jeremiasz760
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#261 Ginter756
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#262 Luis756