Jeremias
Meaning and origin
variant of Jeremia
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jeremias (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jeremias has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 76 |
| 2000 | 78 |
| 2001 | 81 |
| 2002 | 84 |
| 2003 | 86 |
| 2004 | 89 |
| 2005 | 89 |
| 2006 | 86 |
| 2007 | 91 |
| 2008 | 101 |
| 2009 | 103 |
| 2010 | 109 |
| 2011 | 110 |
| 2012 | 115 |
| 2013 | 118 |
| 2014 | 124 |
| 2015 | 124 |
| 2016 | 125 |
| 2017 | 126 |
| 2018 | 127 |
| 2019 | 131 |
| 2020 | 134 |
Jeremias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jeremias.Hi! My name is Jeremias.
- Jeremias bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Jeremias lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Jeremias kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jeremias is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jeremias mamma är lärare.Jeremias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jeremias mamma is Jeremias's mum. Because Jeremias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Jeremias
How do you pronounce Jeremias in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jeremias from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jeremias mean?
variant of Jeremia
How popular is Jeremias in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jeremias in 2022. In 2020, 134 people in Sweden had Jeremias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.