Jermaine ( ) is a

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origin, derived from the French

, which is in turn derived from the Latin given name . The masculine given name Jermaine was popularized in the 1970s by

Jermaine Jackson Jermaine LaJuane Jacksun (né Jackson; born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist. He is known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the ...

(born 1954), a member of the singing group

The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5, later known as the Jacksons, are an American pop band composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was formed in Gary, Indiana in 1964, and originally consisted of brothers Jackie, Ti ...

. Jermaine ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1960 and 1980. It has since declined in popularity and was ranked as the 738th most popular name for American males born in 2013. It is considered to be an African-American name. Jermaine is a variant of Germaine.

People

Those bearing the masculine given name Jermaine include: Jermaine Jackson

* Jermaine Ale (born 1985), Australian rugby league player *

Jermaine Allensworth Jermaine Lamont Allensworth (born January 11, 1972) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1996 until 1999, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals and the ...

(born 1972), American baseball player * Jermaine Anderson (born 1983), Canadian basketball player *

Jermaine Anderson (English footballer) Jermaine Barrington Anderson (born 16 May 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Woking. Career Early life and career Anderson was born in Camden, London. He was released by Arsenal age 16 before joinin ...

(born 1996), English footballer * Jermaine Anderson (Jamaican footballer) (born 1979), Jamaican footballer *

Jermaine Beal Jermaine Darnell Beal (born November 4, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He had a four-year college basketball career with Vanderbilt, where between 2006 and 2010 he became the winningest four-year player in school hi ...

(born 1987), American basketball player *

Jermaine Beckford Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford (born 9 December 1983) is a football pundit and former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He began his career as a trainee at Chelsea F.C., Chel ...

(born 1983), Jamaican footballer *

Jermaine Bishop Jermaine Bishop (born February 22, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Norfolk State Spartans and Saint Louis Billikens. Hig ...

(born 1997), American basketball player *

Jermaine Blackburn Jermaine Blackburn (born February 8, 1983) is an American former basketball player. He is best known for recording the Continental Basketball Association's first-ever quadruple-double. On December 20, 2008, Blackburn was playing for the East Ken ...

(born 1983), American basketball player *

Jermaine Blackwood Jermaine Blackwood (born 20 November 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the West Indies against New Zealand in June 2014. He made his One Day International debut for the West Indies against Sri Lanka on 4 November ...

(born 1991), Jamaican cricketer *

Jermaine Brown (athlete) Jermaine Brown (born 4 July 1991) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competes in distances from 60 metres to 400 metres. He has a 200 metres best of 20.29 seconds and a 400 m best of 46.24 seconds. He mainly competes internationall ...

(born 1991), Jamaican sprinter *

Jermaine Brown (footballer born 1983) Jermaine Anthony Alexander Brown (born 12 January 1983) is an English former professional footballer. Career Born in Lambeth, Brown spent his career with Arsenal, before spending short spells with Colchester United and Boston United. In March 2 ...

(born 1983), English footballer *

Jermaine Brown (footballer born 1985) Jermaine Brown (born 22 March 1985) is a Caymanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He represented the Cayman Islands including in a World Cup qualifying match in 2011 and twice at the 2010 Caribbean Championship The 2010 Caribbean Cup ( ...

(born 1985), Caymanian football goalkeeper *

Jermaine Bucknor Jermaine Bucknor (born November 1, 1983) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Career The 6 ft 7 inc ...

(born 1983), Canadian basketball player *

Jermaine Burton Jermaine Demetrius Burton (born June 28, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and Alab ...

(born 2001), American football player *

Jermaine Carter Jermaine Carter Jr. (born January 14, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at Maryland, where he led the Terrapins with at least 90 tackles per year his last three seasons. He played in the National F ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Jermaine Clark Jermaine Marcel Clark (born September 29, 1976) is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for several teams between 2001 and 2005. Amateur career A native of Berkeley, California, Clark attended Will C. Wood High School and ...

(born 1976), American baseball player *

Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy TV series t ...

(born 1974), New Zealander folk musician and comedian, part of the duo

Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's c ...

. * Jermaine Cole (known as J. Cole for short); (born 1985), American rapper, music producer, songwriter, official recording artist for

Roc Nation Roc Nation is an American entertainment company founded by Jay-Z in 2008. Headquartered in New York City, the company is a successor to his previous Roc-A-Fella Records label, with additional offices in Los Angeles and London. It serves as a re ...

. *

Jermaine Couisnard Jermaine Armontae Couisnard (born November 25, 1998) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Oregon Ducks. Early life Couisnard grew up in East Chicago, Indiana and bega ...

(born 1998), American basketball player * Jermaine Crawford (born 1992), American actor * Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988), American football outside linebacker *

Jermaine Curtis Jermaine Antwann Curtis (born July 10, 1987) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals. Career Amateur Curtis attended the University of California, Los Angeles ...

(born 1987), American baseball player *

Jermaine Darlington Jermaine Christopher Darlington (born 11 April 1974) is an English former professional footballer and current manager. He was most recently joint manager of Faversham Town. Career Playing career Darlington began his career as a trainee at Char ...

(born 1974), English footballer *

Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English football coach and former professional player. He was most recently the under-18s coach at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Defoe was a striker and began his career with Charlto ...

(born 1982), English footballer *

Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of nine. He discovered th ...

(born 1972), American music producer, rapper and Grammy winning songwriter *

Jermaine Dye Jermaine Terrell Dye (born January 28, 1974) is an American former professional baseball right fielder. Dye played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves (1996), Kansas City Royals (1997–2001), Oakland Athletics (2001–2004), an ...

(born 1974), American baseball player * Jermaine Easter (born 1982), Welsh footballer *

Jermaine Eluemunor Jermaine Eluemunor ( ; born 13 December 1994) is an English professional American football offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and high school footbal ...

(born 1994), British-American football player *

Jermaine Fagan Jermaine Fagan also known as Prince (born 24 September 1978) is a reggae musician. He was born in Saint Thomas, Jamaica and raised in Portmore. Biography He migrated to the United States in 1999 after completing sixth form at Kingston College. ...

(born 1978), Jamaican musician *

Jermaine Fazande Jermaine Fazande (born January 14, 1975) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma S ...

(born 1975), American football running back * Jermaine Gabriel (born 1990), Canadian football defensive back * Jermaine Gonsalves (born 1976), British basketball player *

Jermaine Gonzales Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a retired Jamaican 400 metres runner. He was being coached by Glen Mills and Bertland Cameron. He had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories, taking the 400 ...

(born 1984), Jamaican runner *

Jermaine Grandison Jermaine Mickel Grandison (born 5 December 1990) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Grandison progressed through the youth system at Coventry City, making eight appearances for the first-team. He had three ...

(born 1990), English footballer * Jermaine Gresham (born 1988), American football tight end * Jermaine Gumbs (born 1986), Anguillan footballer *

Jermaine Haley Jermaine Leroy Haley (born February 13, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins. He was selected in the seventh ...

(born 1973), American football defensive tackle * Jermaine Hall (born 1980), American basketball player for

Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Ashdod B.C. () is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League. History The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports Association", with the ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

* Jermaine Hardy (born 1982), American football defensive back * Jermaine Hollis (born 1986), English footballer * Jermaine Holwyn (born 1973), Dutch footballer *

Jermaine Hopkins Jermaine R. “Huggy” Hopkins (born August 23, 1973) is an American television and film actor. Hopkins is best known for his roles as Dupree on The WB sitcom ''The Wayans Bros''. from 1996 to 1998, and as Thomas Sams in the 1989 film, '' Lean o ...

(born 1973), American actor * Jermaine Hue (born 1978), Jamaican footballer * Jermaine Jackman (born 1995), English singer *

(born 1954), American musician * Jermaine Jackson (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player *

(born 1982), Canadian football wide receiver *

Jermaine Jenas Jermaine Anthony Jenas ( ; born 18 February 1983) is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer. He played as a central midfielder for English club sides Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenh ...

(born 1983), English footballer * Jermaine Johnson (born 1980), Jamaican footballer *

Jermaine Jones Jermaine Junior Jones (born November 3, 1981) is a former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Jones was last the head coach of Central Valley Fuego FC in USL League One. Born in Germany to an American father an ...

(born 1981), American footballer * Jermaine Jones (American football) (born 1976), American Arena Football League player *

Jermaine Jones (singer) Jermaine Jones (born November 3, 1986) is an American singer and actor from Pine Hill, New Jersey, who came in twelfth place after being disqualified from the eleventh season of ''American Idol.'' Early life Jones was born to Katrice Cornett a ...

(born 1986), American singer, and actor *

Jermaine Joseph Jermaine Joseph (born 25 July 1980) is a Canadian retired sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. At the top level he competed in 200 metres at the 1999 World Cham ...

(born 1980), Canadian sprinter *

Jermaine Kearse Jermaine Levan Kearse (born February 6, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies. Kearse was ...

(born 1990), American football wide receiver *

Jermaine Kelly Jermaine Elliott Kelly Jr. (born February 26, 1995) is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at San Jose State and Washington. Kelly had 26 tackles and one fumble recovery as a junior. In 2017, he recorde ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Jermaine Lawson Jermaine Jay Charles Lawson (born 13 January 1982) is a former professional cricketer. A fast bowler from Jamaica, he played at Test and One Day International (ODI) level for the West Indies during the early 2000s, becoming the fourth West India ...

(born 1982), Jamaican cricketer * Jermaine Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jermaine Mathews Jr. Jermaine Mathews Jr. (born March 28, 2005) is an American football cornerback for the Ohio State Buckeyes. High school career Mathews Jr. attended Winton Woods High School in Forest Park, Ohio. As a senior, he had 51 tackles, six interceptions ...

(born 2005), American football cornerback * Jermaine Mays (born 1979), American football cornerback, and Canadian football cornerback * Jermaine McElveen (born 1984), Canadian football defensive end * Jermaine McGhee (born 1983), American football defensive end * Jermaine McGillvary (born 1988), English rugby league footballer *

Jermaine McGlashan Jermaine Dave McGlashan (born 14 April 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and can play on either wing or behind the striker in an attacking midfield role. He also played up front on numerous occasions. ...

(born 1988), English footballer * Jermaine McSporran (born 1977), English footballer *

Jermaine O'Neal Jermaine Lee O'Neal Sr. (born October 13, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. A center/power forward, he had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA draft straight out of high school ...

(born 1978), American basketball player * Jermaine Palmer (born 1986), English footballer *

Jermaine Paul Jeremiah Jermaine Paul (born July 26, 1979) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He is best known for his backing vocals on Alicia Keys' singles "Diary", "Unbreakable", and her cover of Marvin Gaye's "If This World Were Mine". The former of wh ...

(born 1978), American singer *

Jermaine Pennant Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born 15 January 1983) is an English retired professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder#Winger, winger. Pennant made over 350 league appearances for 15 clubs, and scored 25 league goals. Born ...

(born 1983), English footballer * Jermaine Phillips (born 1979), American football safety * Jermaine Post (born 1992), Dutch cycle racer * Jermaine Reid (born 1983), Canadian football defensive tackle * Jermaine Rogers (born 1972), American artist, and designer *

Jermaine Ross Jermaine Lewis Ross (born April 27, 1971) is an American former professional football wide receiver. A graduate of Jeffersonville High School, he attended Purdue University before going into the National Football League (NFL). Professional care ...

(born 1971), American football player * W. Jermaine Sailor (born 1974), Australian dual-code rugby international * Jermaine Sandvliet (born 1977), Dutch footballer * Jermaine Sinclair (known as Wretch 32 for stage name); (born 1985), English rapper * Jermaine Smith (born 1972), American Arena Football League player *

Jermaine Stewart William Jermaine Stewart (September 7, 1957 – March 17, 1997) was an American R&B singer, best known for his 1986 hit single " We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", which peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also peaked w ...

(1957–1997), American singer *

Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed champion in the middleweight division, having defeated Bernard Hopkins in 2005, and in doing s ...

(born 1978), American boxer *

Jermaine Taylor (basketball) Jermaine Taylor (born December 8, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. Taylor was a starting guard for the University of Central Florida basketball team before being selected with the 32nd overall pick in the 2009 NBA dra ...

(born 1986), American basketball player * Jermaine Taylor (footballer) (born 1985), Jamaican footballer * Jermaine Thomas (born 1990), Canadian football running back * Jermaine Thomas (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player *

Jermaine Turner Jermaine Turner (born July 29, 1974) is an American-Irish former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his 17-year career playing in the Irish Super League. Turner first arrived in Ireland in 2000 following a season of college b ...

(born 1974), American basketball player * Jermaine Van Buren (born 1980), American baseball player * Jermaine van Pijkeren (born 1991), Dutch footballer * Jermaine Walker (1977–2024), American basketball player * Jermaine Warner (born 1971), Bermudian cricketer *

Jermaine Whitehead Jermaine Rasheed Whitehead (born March 12, 1993) is an American former professional football safety. He played college football at Auburn, and was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He was also a member of the ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Jermaine Wiggins Jermaine Wiggins (born January 18, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, and signed with the New York Jets as an u ...

(born 1975), American football player *

Jermaine Williams Jermaine Charles Williams (born December 31, 1982), is an American actor, producer and dancer from Rialto, California. He dances for the Norwood Kids Foundation. He is best known for his role as Mushmouth in ''Fat Albert'' and Noel in '' Stomp ...

(born 1982), American actor, and dancer *

Jermaine Williams (American football) Jermaine Mequell Williams (born August 14, 1973) is a former professional American football running back in the NFL. He played college football for the University of Houston. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay B ...

(born 1973), American football running back * Jermaine Woozencroft (born 1992), Jamaican footballer *

Jermaine Wright Jermaine Malaki Wright (born 21 October 1975 in Greenwich) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and could also operate as a defender. Football career Wright started his career at Millwall as a trainee, but moved to Wolver ...

(born 1975), English footballer

Fictional characters

* Jermaine, a character who is

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and

Jake the Dog Jake the Dog is a character and one of the two protagonists in the American List of animated television series, animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting Adventure Time (franchise), franchise created by Pendleton Ward. He also ...

’s brother in the TV series ''Adventure Time''

References

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