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.
