Ermias

Ermias: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Yahweh will exalt”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
er-MEE-us · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Ermias is an Ethiopian form of Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu. It is especially associated with Ethiopian and Eritrean usage.

How popular is Ermias?

202468.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ermias in 2024227

2024 rank#990 boys

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18802,066

Ermias is rising: use over the last five years is 67.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ermias

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JeremiahYahweh exalts · Hebrew
  • Jeremyappointed by God · Hebrew
  • Jereappointed by God · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew

Ermias questions

What does the name Ermias mean?

Ermias means "Yahweh will exalt". It comes from Hebrew. Ermias is an Ethiopian form of Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu. It is especially associated with Ethiopian and Eritrean usage.

Is Ermias a boy or girl name?

Ermias is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ermias?

227 US babies were named Ermias in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Ermias?

Ermias is usually pronounced er-MEE-us.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.