Jerahmeel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Jerahmeel is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "God will have compassion"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɹəhmɛəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jerahmeel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 194K(inferred from the name graph)
- ISIceland1 in 351K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 2.6M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 48 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 194K (inferred from the name graph)
≈560 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Jerahmeel is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "God will have compassion." It belongs to a Levite who served in the sanctuary, giving the name a legacy of sacred service and divine mercy.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jerahmeel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | Jerahmeel | 33 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈81 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | — | Jerahmeel | 7 |
| US United States | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 11M | 5 | Jerahmeel | 48 |
| BR Brazil | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 12M | — | Jerahmeel | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 3.4M | — | Jerahmeel | 9 |
| CA Canada | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 6.5M | — | Jerahmeel | 11 |
| IS Iceland | 1 | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jerahmeel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Jerahmeel (Hebrew: יְרַחְמְאֵל) means "May God have compassion" or "God pities," derived from the Hebrew roots 'racham' (to have compassion) and ''el' (God).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Jerahmeel means "May God have compassion" or "God pities".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Jerahmeel underscores the theological theme of God's compassion and mercy, a recurring motif throughout the scriptures where divine grace is extended to His people.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
May God have compassion, or God pities.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rachmiel Wirnikb. 1913USnot in their usual nameJournalist and Zionist activist
- Rabbi Gershon Edelsteinb. 1923ILnot in their usual nameharedi rabbi
- Milla Y. Ohelb. 1925ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli archaeologist (1925–2005)
- Yerachmiel ZieglerILnot in their usual nameIsraeli musician
- Jerachmeel ben SalomoITnot in their usual namechronicler (circa 1150)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 5 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Jerahmeel come from?
- Jerahmeel is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "God will have compassion." It belongs to a Levite who served in the sanctuary, giving the name a legacy of sacred service and divine mercy. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Jerahmeel?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɹəhmɛəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Jerahmeel a male or female name?
- Jerahmeel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jerahmeel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Jerahmeel is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "God will have compassion."
- In which country does Jerahmeel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 564 people named Jerahmeel in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jerahmeel.
- How common is the name Jerahmeel?
- In Iceland, the national register counted 1 people named Jerahmeel in 2026, about 1 in 351 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Jerahmeel?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jerahmeelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jerahmeel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.