Boy · Greek
Girolamo
Say it: jee-ROH-lah-moh
Meaning
From Greek Hieronymos, from hieros 'sacred' and onoma 'name'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 69 babies given this name since 1920
- At its height in 1920, about 1 in 177,400 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Jerome |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Jerónimo |
Famous bearers
- Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican preacher
- Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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