Jeremy (name)

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Jeremy, Jeremie, or Jeremi is a male given name derived from the diminutive and anglicized form of the name Jeremiah, the name of the Old Testament prophet. The name Jeremy has meanings such as "the Lord will loosened" or "God exalts."

People

In arts and entertainment

• Jeremy Beadle MBE (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
• 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 Filsell, English pianist and composer
• Jem Finer, English musician with The Pogues
• Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
• Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
• Jeremy Heywood, British Civil Servant
• Jeremy Irons, English actor
• Jeremy Jordan (singer), American singer
• Jeremy Jordan (stage actor), American actor
• Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
• Jeremy Latimore, Australian Rugby League player
• Jeremy Lloyd English sitcom writer
• 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 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
• Jeremy Suarez, American actor from The Bernie Mac Show
• Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
• 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 Williams, British actor
• Jeremy Ylvisaker, American Multi-instrumentalist
• Jeremy Frank, Professional Clasher, Starred in movie,"ClashIsLyfe"

In politics

• Jeremy Browne, UK MP
• Jeremy Corbyn, UK MP
• Jeremy Hunt, UK MP
• Jeremy Purvis, Scottish MSP
• Jeremy Thorpe, former UK MP and Liberal leader
• Jeremy Wright (politician), UK MP

In sports

• Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
• Jeremy Affeldt, American baseball player
• Jeremy Bloom, American Olympic downhill skier
• Jeremy Bordeleau, Canadian canoeist
• Jeremy Burgess, Honda and Yamaha MotoGP team chief engineer
• Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
• Jeremy Kellem, American football player
• Jeremy Larsen, American mixed martial artist
• Jeremy Lin, American NBA Basketball Player
• Jeremy Lusk, freestyle motocross driver
• Jeremy Maclin, American football player
• Jeremy Mayfield, American NASCAR driver
• Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer
• Jeremy McKinney, American football player
• Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
• Jeremy Rees, professional lacrosse player
• Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
• Jeremy Shockey, American football player
• Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
• Jeremy Wariner, American track athlete
• Jeremy Wilcox, Canadian volleyball player
• Jeremy Buck, a professional wrestler, one half of The Young Bucks

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 Leggett, English environmentalist
• Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
• Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi
• Jeremy Taylor, author and clergyman

Fictional characters with the name

• Jeremy, also known as Germy, a sickly kid in the TV show iCarly
• Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch, a character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
• Jeremy "Germy" Kidd, a character in Beverly Cleary's Ramona Forever
• Jeremy Osbourne, fictional character in the British television show Peep Show
• Jeremy, character in Pure Pwnage
• Jeremy, character in Phineas And Ferb
• Jeremy Hilary Boob, the "nowhere man" from The Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine (1968 film).
• Jeremy Reed, lead character in Powder (film).
• Jeremy, protagonist of Pearl Jam's Jeremy (song) based in part on Jeremy Wade Delle.
• Jeremy Duncan, protagonist of Zits.

Popularity

The name Jeremy became more popular in the United States in the 1960s and into the 1970s, rising abruptly from being the 296th-ranked most popular male name in 1968 to being the 14th-ranked most popular by 1976.

See also

• Jeremy (disambiguation)
• Jem (disambiguation), shortened familiar name or nickname for Jeremy
• Jer (disambiguation), as above, shortened version of Jeremy
• Jez, a common nickname for people named Jeremy

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