Jerome

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Greek ‘Ιερωνυμος
Meaning: “sacred name.”
Eng (jə-ROM), Fre (zheh-HROME)

The name is derived from the Greek male name, Hieronymus (‘Ιερωνυμος).

It was borne by a 5th-century saint who is responsible for creating the Vulgate Bible. He is revered as a Doctor of the Church.

The name was common in England during the 12th-century, but fell out of usage after the Protestant Reformation, only to be reintroduced again in 19th-century America via Catholic immigrants from Germany, Ireland and Italy.

Currently, Jerome is the 208th most popular male name in Germany, (2011).

Other forms of the name include:

• Jeronimi (Albanian)
• Hieronimos Հիերոնիմոս (Armenian)
• Jerolin (Basque)
• Gerasim Герасім (Belarusian)
• Jeronim Йероним (Bulgarian)
• Jeroni (Catalan)
• Jeronim Јероним (Croatian/Serbian)
• Jeroným (Czech)
• Hero (Dutch)
• Hiëronymus (Dutch)
• Jeroen (Dutch)
• Jero(o)m (Dutch)
• Jerome (English/German)
• Jérôme (French)
• Iaróm (Gaelic)
• Ieróim (Gaelic)
• Xerome (Galician)
• Jeromos (Hungarian)
• Geronimo (Italian)
• Girolamo (Italian)
• Jeronimas (Lithuanian)
• Ġlormu (Maltese)
• Jiròni (Occitanian)
• Hieronim (Polish/Slovene)
• Jerônimo (Portuguese: Brazilian)
• Jerónimo (Portuguese/Spanish)
• Ieronim Иерони́м Ієронім (Romanian/Russian/Ukrainian)
• Jaronas (Romansch)
• Jerun (Romansch)
• Giron(n)as (Romansch)
• Jerone (Sardinian)
• Zirominu (Sardinian)
• Giròlamu (Sicilian)
• Hieronym (Slovak)
• Jarolím (Slovak)
• Hierónimo (Spanish)
• Sierôm (Welsh)