Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Judeo-Christian Legend Scripts יְרַחְמְאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History From Latin Hieremihel, probably from the Hebrew name Yerachme'el (see JERAHMEEL). Jeremiel (also called Remiel or Uriel) is named as an archangel in some verions of the apocryphal book of 2 Esdras (preserved in Latin) in the Old Testament.