Jeremy is an English male given name deriving from the anglicisation of the Hebrew biblical name Jeremiah, a name meaning "May Jehovah Exalt," or "Exalted of the Lord." Jeremiah was a 7th century Hebrew prophet and the author of the Book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The Medieval English form of "Jeremiah," and the short form used in some English versions of the New Testament, the name "Jeremy" historically means: "God Will Uplift and Exalt," or "The Lord Will Loosen." Other variations: Jeramy, Jeromy (shortened variations: Jer, Jem, Jerry, Jers which in non-rhotic accents becomes Jez).
In arts and entertainment
Jeremy Barrett (actor)
Jeremy Beadle (1948–2008), English television presenter, writer and producer
Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), English actor
Jeremy Brock, actor and director
Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
Jeremy Camp, Christian musician
Jeremy Clarkson, English broadcaster
Jaz (Jeremy) Coleman, English musician
Jeremy Davis, bassist for American rock band Paramore
Jeremy Deller, English artist
Jeremy Edwards, English television actor
Jeremy Fall, American editor in chief of Cliché Magazine
Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
Jem Finer, English musician with The Pogues
Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
Jeremy Heywood, British Civil Servant
Jeremy Irons, English actor
Jeremy Jordan (singer), American singer
Jeremy Jordan (stage actor), American actor
Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
Jeremy Latimore, Australian Rugby League player
Jeremy Lloyd English sitcom writer
Jeremy London, American actor with twin actor Jason London
Jeremy McKinnon, vocalist for American metalcore band, A Day to Remember
Jeremy Northam, English film actor
Jeremy Paxman, English television presenter
Jeremy Piven, American actor
Jeremy Ray, Australian television presenter and video game reviewer
Jeremy Renner, American actor
Jeremy Rohmer, contestant of ANTM cycle 20
Jeremy Scahill, Oscar-nominated and two-time George Polk award-winning journalist
Jeremy Shada, American actor, notably as the voice of Finn the Human in Adventure Time
Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and writer
Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
Jeremy Suarez, American actor from The Bernie Mac Show
Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
Jeremy Taggart, percussionist for Canadian band Our Lady Peace
Jeremy Thomas, English writer and film producer
Jeremy Vine, English radio and television journalist and presenter
Jeremy Wade, English author and television presenter, host of River Monsters
Jeremy Williams, British actor
Jeremy Ylvisaker, American Multi-instrumentalist
Jeremy Browne, British Liberal Democrat MP (2005-2015)
Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour MP (1983-) and current Leader of the Opposition
Jeremy Hunt, British Conservative MP (2005-) and Secretary of State for Health (2012-)
Jeremy Purvis, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP (2003-2011), Member of House of Lords (2013-)
Jeremy Thorpe, former UK MP and Liberal leader
Jeremy Wright (politician), British Conservative MP (2005-)
Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
Jeremy Affeldt, American baseball player
Jeremy Bleich, American baseball player
Jeremy Bloom, American Olympic downhill skier
Jeremy Bordeleau, Canadian canoeist
Jeremy Burgess, Honda and Yamaha MotoGP team chief engineer
Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
Jeremy Kellem, American football player
Jeremy Larsen, American mixed martial artist
Jeremy Lin, American NBA Basketball Player
Jeremy Lusk, freestyle motocross driver
Jeremy Maclin, American football player
Jérémy Mathieu, French football player
Jeremy Mayfield, American NASCAR driver
Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer
Jeremy McKinney, American football player
Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
Jeremy Rees, professional lacrosse player
Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
Jeremy Shockey, American football player
Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
Jeremy Wariner, American track athlete
Jeremy Wilcox, Canadian volleyball player
Jeremy Williams, American player of Canadian football
Jeremy Buck, a professional wrestler, one half of The Young Bucks
Jeremy Allaire, founder of Allaire Corporation
Jeremy Bamber, English multiple murderer
Jeremy Bentham, English legal reformer and philosopher
Jeremy Curl, English explorer
Jeremy Dear, English journalist and union leader
Jeremy Leggett, English environmentalist
Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi
Jeremy Taylor, author and clergyman
Jeremy, also known as Germy, a sickly kid in the TV show iCarly
Jeremy "Jem" Finch, a character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Jeremy "Germy" Kidd, a character in Beverly Cleary's Ramona Forever
Jeremy Usbourne, fictional character in the British television show Peep Show
Jeremy, character in Pure Pwnage
Jeremy, character in Phineas And Ferb
Jeremy Hilary Boob, the "nowhere man" from The Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine (film).
Jeremy Reed, lead character in Powder (film).
Protagonist of Pearl Jam's Jeremy (song) based in part on Jeremy Wade Delle.
Jeremy Duncan, protagonist of Zits.
Jeremy Fitzgerald, protagonist of Five nights at Freddy's 2
Jeremy, fiancée of Rebecca Devereaux, a role in the Golden Girls
Jeremy Fisher, a frog, title character of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
Jeremy Jones, a designer at Donovan Decker in Jane by Design
Historically seen more in the US and the UK, the name Jeremy became popular in the United States in the 1960s going into the 1970s, rising abruptly from being the 296th-ranked most popular male name in 1968 to being the 14th-ranked most popular in 1976.
