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Jeremy vs Jez - What's the difference?

jeremy | jez |

As a proper noun jeremy

is .

As a noun jez is

weir.

As a verb jez is

.

jeremy

English

Proper noun

(en-proper noun) (plural Jeremys )
  • , English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
  • * 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 2:17 :
    • Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.
  • * 1840 John Bowring: Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, p.169 :
    • 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 over those of the old.

    Related terms

    * pet form: Jerry

    jez

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jeremy.
    • English diminutives of male given names