Meaning & Origin
A male given name from Latin.
Jermaine is a boy's and girl's baby name of Latin origin, an anglicized form of Germaine, meaning 'from Germany' or 'brother,' from the Latin Germanus. It gained enormous visibility through Jermaine Jackson of the Jackson 5 in the 1970s, and has been a fixture in African American naming traditions since.
Jermaine has that 1970s soul-music warmth — a name carried by musicians, athletes, and community leaders across four decades of American culture. It manages to feel both classic and firmly rooted in a specific cultural moment.