Baby name

FADING BOY · HEBREW-ENGLISH
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Jeremy

/JEH · reh · mee/


“God will exalt”

English form of Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu meaning 'God will exalt'; the anglicized form that dominated in the US and UK from the 1960s through 1980s.

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gentle

How it ages.

Peaked in the 1970s-80s US and UK - will eventually revive but hasn't turned the corner yet.

The cultural moment.

Top 20 in the US from the late 1960s through 1980s; declining since.