Here's some sites that have the origin of names. I looked up Jeremiah or Jeremy and this is what comes up...... http://www.parentsoup.com/babynames/meanings/1,4910,,00.html Jeremiah, a 4-syllable boy's name of Hebrew origin, means: God will uplift; exalted. Jeremiah's ethnic backgrounds include * Hebrew . It's religious association is biblical (see * 2Ki 22:11). Historical figures with this name include * Jeremiah Dixon (Explorers) . It has religious backgrounds in * Biblical * Hebrew . http://www.all.at/nameorigins Jeremy JER-eh-mee Hebrew appointed by God, raise up http://www.homepagers.com/cgi-bin/sbcgi.exe/names/boys?lng=0&dbid=boy1&stxt= jeremiah&sidx=0&styp=10&nhit=10&dplc=430205&strt=1&sdisp=s&bspi=%2Fnames%2Fb oys&eud= NAME Jeremiah ORIGIN Hebrew [750] MEANING Exalted of the Lord [5] http://www.behindthename.com/j.html JEREMIAH (m) "high of the Lord" (Hebrew). This was the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, author of the Book of Jeremiah and (supposedly) the Book of Lamentations. He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.