Jeremy

Proper noun

1. A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
   • Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 2:17:
   • He had the name of Jeremy given to him, because Jeremiah, as his father said, was a family name; and there was an advantage in curtailing a syllable, and in showing a preference towards the names of the New Testament...
   • Fry: You don't meet many American Jeremies, do you? Have you ever met an American Jeremy? Clarkson: No, it's too complicated. There's three syllables. - 2004 October 22, QI, Season 2, Episode 4
2. A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.