Boy · Ancient Greek
Jerome
Say it: jeh-ROHM
Meaning
Greek Hierōnymos, 'sacred name' (hieros 'holy' and onoma 'name').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread through the cult of Saint Jerome; common in France as Jérôme in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 161,428 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1938, about 1 in 502 boys
- 209 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianAncient GreekEnglishFrenchSpanishItalianGermanAmerican
The family of the name
| French | Jérôme |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Jerónimo |
| Italian | Girolamo |
| Portuguese | Jerónimo |
| German | Hieronymus |
| Polish | Hieronim |
| Russian | Ieronim |
| Greek | Ieronymos |
Famous bearers
- Jerome, translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible
- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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