Meaning & History
Finnish (allegedly Karelian) form of Jeremiah. This was the name of a character in Juhani Aho's novel Panu (1897).
Related Names
DiminutiveJere
Other Languages & CulturesErmias(Amharic) Jeremiah, Jeremias, Jeremy(Biblical) Ieremias(Biblical Greek) Yirmeyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Hieremias(Biblical Latin) Jeremiah, Jem, Jemmy, Jere, Jeremy, Jerry(English) Jez, Jezza(English (British)) Jérémie, Jérémy(French) Jeremias(German) Geremia(Italian) Jeremi, Jeremiasz(Polish) Jeremias(Portuguese) Jeremías(Spanish)
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Name Days
Finland: June 26