# Jeremiah

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/ · frequency rank #15,436

## Definitions
1. An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
2. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
4. A surname.

## Etymology
From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`ejremiah`, `jeermiah`, `jereimah`, `jeremaih`, `jeremiahh`, `jeremiha`, `jeremmiah`, `jermeiah`, `jerremiah`, `jjeremiah`, `jreemiah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jeremiah