Details for the forename Jeremiah

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Jeremiah (male)


Synonym(s):	Diarmaid (M)
Variants:	Darby (M) Dermuit (M) Diarmad (M) Diarmait (M) Diarmid (M) Hierimias (M) Jeremias (M) Jeremy (M)
Diminutive(s):	Jerem (M) Jeremia (M)
Derivative(s):	Diarmad (M)
Derivative of:	Demetrius (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Dermot (M)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal correspondence [Jf, GGF]
Notes:	English from Hebrew "appointed by God"; OT Book of Jeremiah. Popular with Puritans. This forename occurs rarely in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire together with very rare occurrences of Jerem [which could be Jeremy] and Jeremia. In old documents in Latin, the forms Hierimias or Jeremias may be used, with appropriate case endings. In Scotland Diarmad and in Ireland Diarmaid [and their variants] may be Anglicized as Jeremiah. Correspondents [Jf and GGF] have noted Irish parish records where the Gaelic Diarmaid has been used fully synonymously with Jeremiah.