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Jeremy

Meaning — The English form of the Hebrew name Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah), meaning "God will exalt" or "appointed by God" — from the Hebrew rāmāh ("to exalt") and El/Yah ("God"). Jeremiah was one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, whose lamentations gave rise to the English word "jeremiad." Jeremy emerged as the distinctive English colloquial form of the name and has been in widespread use since the 17th century.·Hebrew origin·Male·JER-uh-mee

Jeremy Jeremy has a bookish, earnest quality that can mask surprising reserves of passion and conviction. Characters named Jeremy are often thinkers rather than doers, more comfortable with ideas than confrontation — yet they tend to discover, over the course of a narrative, that they are capable of more than they believed. The name suits a thoughtful underdog protagonist.

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Contemporary FictionLiterary FictionYoung AdultHistorical Fiction

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