Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
Yirm'yaIn Hebrew: ירמיה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יִרְמְיָהRomanization: yirm'yá
Yirm'ya (Hebrew: ירמיה) is a boy's name of international origin. 131 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 6 babies.
- People in Israel
- 131
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1955
- 6 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yirm'ya
In Hebrew letters the name is ירמיה, read right to left. Yirm'ya is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "yirm'yá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Jeremiah (an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations)
- Jeremiah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah
Hebrew הֵרִים (herím) Hebrew ־יָהוּ (-yáhu) Hebrew יִרְמְיָה Theophoric, probably from יָרִים (yarim, “he will raise”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally “Yahweh will raise”.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yirm'ya by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Yirm'ya
How do you write Yirm'ya in Hebrew?
Yirm'ya is written ירמיה in Hebrew (with vowel points: יִרְמְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "yirm'yá".
How many people in Israel are named Yirm'ya?
131 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ירמיה: 0 women and 131 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Yirm'ya a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ירמיה are men.
What does the name Yirm'ya mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Jeremiah (an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations)" Etymology: Hebrew הֵרִים (herím) Hebrew ־יָהוּ (-yáhu) Hebrew יִרְמְיָה Theophoric, probably from יָרִים (yarim, “he will raise”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally “Yahweh will raise”.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.