Jeremy (/ˌdʒɛrɪmi/ JERR-im-EE) is an English male given name of biblical and Hebrew origin, deriving from the Hebrew given name Jeremiah. Etymologically, "Jeremy" is the anglicized and diminutive form of the given name "Jeremiah." As such, the name "Jeremy" means "God will raise" or "God will loosen" within various interpretations.

Notable people with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

• 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
• Jez Butterworth, English playwright, screenwriter, and film director
• 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 Fedryk, Canadian producer and vocalist known as Sarcastic Sounds
• Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
• Jem Finer, English musician with The Pogues
• Jeremy Gable, American playwright and game designer
• Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
• Jeremy Harrington, American YouTuber and voice actor
• Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
• Jeremy Heywood, British Civil Servant
• Jeremy Irons, English actor
• Jeremy Jordan (singer, born 1973), American singer
• Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984), American actor
• Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
• Jeremy Latimore, Australian Rugby League player
• Jeremy Lau, known as Jer Lau (born 1992), Hong Kong singer and actor
• Jeremy Lee (chef), TV chef
• Jeremy Lee (singer) (born 1995), Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor
• Jeremy Lloyd (1930–2014), English author, screenwriter, poet, and actor
• 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 Rowley, American actor
• 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 and GingerBrave in Cookie Run: Kingdom
• Jeremy Sinden, English actor
• Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and writer
• Jeremy Soule, American composer
• Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
• Jeremy Strong, American actor
• 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 Zerechak, American documentary filmmaker
• Jeremy Fernandez (singer), American singer
• Jeremy Zucker, American singer-songwriter, producer

In politics

• Jeremy Browne, British Liberal Democrat MP (2005–2015)
• Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour MP for Islington North (1983–) and Leader of the Labour Party (2015–2020)
• Jeremy Hunt, British Conservative MP (2005–) and government minister
• Jeremy Hutchinson (politician) (born 1974), U.S. politician
• Jeremy Purvis, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP (2003–2011), Member of House of Lords (2013–)
• Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), British MP for North Devon (1959–1979) and Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976)
• Jeremy Wright (politician), British Conservative MP (2005–)
• Jeremy Quin (born 1968), British Conservative MP (2015–)
• Jeremy Lefroy (born 1959), British Conservative MP (2010–2019)

In sports

• Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
• Jeremy Affeldt, American baseball player
• Jeremy Ausmus, American professional poker player
• Jeremy Bleich, American-Israeli baseball player
• Jeremy Bloom, American Olympic downhill skier
• Jeremy Bordeleau, Canadian canoeist
• Jeremy Burgess, Honda and Yamaha MotoGP team chief engineer
• Jeremy Cameron, Australian football player
• Jeremy Chinn (born 1998), American football player
• Jeremy Clark (defensive back), American football player
• Jeremy Clements (born 1985), American racing driver
• Jeremy Combs (born 1995), basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
• Jeremy Cox (born 1996), American football player
• Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
• Jeremy Hill, American football player
• Jeremy Howe, Australian football player
• Jeremy Kellem, American football player
• Jeremy Lamb, American NBA Basketball 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 McGovern, Australian football player
• Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer
• Jeremy McKinney, American football player
• Jeremy McNichols, American football player
• Jeremy Pargo, American basketball player
• Jeremy Reaves, American football player
• Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
• Jeremy Rees, professional lacrosse player
• Jeremy Reingold, South African swimmer and rugby player
• Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
• Jeremy Ruckert (born 2000), American football player
• Jeremy Sharp, Australian football player
• Jeremy Shockey, American football player
• Jeremy Sochan (born 2003), Polish-American basketball player
• Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
• Jeremy Sprinkle, American football player
• Jeremy Toljan, German soccer player
• Jeremy Tyler, American basketball player
• Jeremy Vuolo, American soccer player
• Jeremy Wariner, American track athlete
• Jeremy Wilcox, Canadian volleyball player
• Jeremy Whyte, Canadian Ice Hockey Player
• Jeremy Williams, American player of Canadian football
• Jeremy Wolf (born 1993), American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team

In other fields

• 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 J. Smith, British philologist
• Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington (1915–2017), British lawyer
• Jeremy Leggett, English environmentalist
• Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
• Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi
• Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), English author and clergyman
• Jeremy Fernandez, Malaysian-Australian TV presenter

Fictional characters

• Mr Brown/Jeremy Brown, the English teacher in the British show Mind Your Language
• Jeremy, also known as Germy, a sickly kid in iCarly
• Jeremy, protagonist of Pearl Jam's song "Jeremy"
• Jeremy Finch, a character in To Kill a Mockingbird
• Jeremy "Germy" Kidd, in Beverly Cleary's Ramona Forever
• Jeremy, a jet airliner in Thomas & Friends
• Jeremy Usbourne, in the British series Peep Show
• Jeremy Helsey, twin brother of Nicholas from the Pentagram series
• Jeremy, in Pure Pwnage
• Jeremy Johnson, in Phineas And Ferb
• Jeremy Hilary Boob, the "nowhere man" from The Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine
• Jeremy the Crow, a protagonist crow in the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and its adaptations
• Jeremy Reed, lead character in Powder
• Jeremy Duncan, protagonist of Zits
• Jeremy, one of the missing children from Five Nights at Freddy's
• Jeremy Fitzgerald, protagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's 2
• Jeremy, a minor character in Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
• Jeremy, fiancée of Rebecca Devereaux in the Golden Girls
• Jeremy Fisher, the title character of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
• Jeremy Fisher, a character in the flash animation series Salad Fingers
• Jeremy, real name of the Scout class in the game Team Fortress 2
• Jeremy Heere, protagonist of Be More Chill
• Jeremy the Bear, a Canadian children's TV character based on Les Aventures de Colargol
• Jeremy Belpois, the Code Lyoko's computer genius
• Jeremy Simms, supporting character in Mildred Taylor’s “Logan” series.

Popularity in the United States

See also

• Jérémy, given name
• Jerami Grant (born 1994), American basketball player
• Jeremi, given name
• Jeremie (name), given name and surname
• Jem (given name), a shortened familiar name or nickname for Jeremy
• Jer (disambiguation), as above, shortened version of Jeremy
• Jez (nickname), a nickname for people named Jeremy

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