Jerome
Hieronymus is a male given name and a family name .
origin
The name is a Latinization of the ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος ( Hierṓnymos ) and means “the man with the holy name”, derived from ἱερός ( hierós , “holy”) and ὄνομα ( ónoma , “name”).
variants
- Albanian : Jeronim
- Basque : Jerolin
- Breton : Hieronimos
- German : Hieronymus
- English : Jerome , Jerry ( nickname )
- Flemish : Jerom
- French : Jerome , Jérôme, Gérôme
- Irish : Iarom, Ieróim
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Italian : Girolamo and Gerolamo , Geronimo
- Geromino, Momo, Momolo ( nickname )
- Girolama, Gerolama, Gerolima, Geronima, Geromina (feminine)
- Gerolamina, Gerolomina ( nickname feminine )
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Croatian : Jerolim
- Ljerka (feminine)
- Jerko, Jere ( nickname )
- Latvian : Hieronīms
- Lithuanian : Jeronimas
- Middle Latin: Ieronimus
- Dutch : Hero, Hieron, Jeroen, Jéroen
- Polish : Hieronim
- Portuguese, Portugal : Jerónimo
- Portuguese, Brazil : Jerônimo
- Romansh : Geronas, Giaronas
- Russian : Ieronim (Иероним)
- Sicilian : Giròlamu
- Slovak : Jarolim, Hieronim
- Slovenian : Hieronym
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Spanish : Jerónimo
- Jerónima (feminine)
- Czech : Jeroným, Jerom, Jarolím
- Hungarian : Jeromos
- Welsh : Sierôm
- West Frisian : Hiëronymus
Well-known namesake
First name
Jerome
Ancient and Middle Ages
- St. Jerome , Father of the Church
- Hieronymos , Greek sculptor from Samothrace, around 220 BC. Active in Lindos
- Hieronymos von Kardia (Latinized Hieronymus; * around 360 BC, † after 272 BC), ancient Greek historian
- Hieronymus de Moravia († after 1271), Dominican and music theorist
- Jerome of Prague (1365–1416), Bohemian scholar and Hussite
- Hieronymos of Rhodes (* around 290–230 BC), Peripatetic philosopher and literary historian
Modern times
- Hieronymos II (* 1938), Greek Orthodox clergyman, Archbishop of Athens since 2008
- Hieronymus Ämiliani (1486–1537), Italian founder of the order and saint of the Catholic Church, patron saint of orphans
- Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614–1690), statesman and diplomat from the Dutch Golden Age
- Hieronymus Biechelberger (* in the 15th century; † 1508), as Hieronymus I, the 7th abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen
- Hieronymus Bock (1498–1554), German botanist
- Hieronymus Bosch (around 1450–1516), Dutch painter
- Hieronymus Brunschwig (* around 1450, † around 1512), German surgeon and author
- Hieronymus Cardanus (1501–1576), Italian Renaissance humanist
- Hieronymus Cock (around 1510–1570), Dutch publisher
- Hieronymus von Colloredo (Archbishop) (1732–1812), after 1762 Bishop of Gurk and from 1772 to 1803/12 the last Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- Hieronymus Fäßler (1823–1903), entrepreneur and technical pioneer in the construction of mowing machines and subways
- Hieronymus Froben (1501–1563), Swiss printer and publisher
- Hieronymus II. Held (1694–1773), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- Hieronymus I. Hölein († 1615), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- Hieronymus Lauretus , Benedictine author
- Hieronymus II. Lindau (1657–1719), abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen
- Hieronymus Megiser (* around 1554; † 1618 or 1619), polyhistor , linguist and historian
- Hieronymus Menges (1910–2002), German clergyman, professor and prelate
- Hieronymus Napoleon , actually Jérôme Bonaparte, (1784–1860), King of Westphalia
- Hieronymus Rauscher (? –1569), Lutheran theologian
- Hieronymus Schulz (around 1460–1522), Bishop of Brandenburg and Havelberg
- Hieronymus Wolf (1516–1580), German humanist and philologist
Intermediate name
- Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger (* around 1580; † 1651), Italian lutenist and composer of German descent
- Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797), German nobleman, to whom the stories of Baron Münchhausen are ascribed
- Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811–1886), German conductor, composer and music writer
Geronimo
- Geronimo , Apache war chief and shaman
- Gerónimo de Aguilar (* 1489; † 1531?), Franciscan, who worked as a translator and interpreter during the conquest of Mexico
- Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez (1897–1980), Argentine politician
- Gerónimo Barbadillo (* 1952), Peruvian football player
- Geronimo Pratt (1947–2011), leading member of the Black Panther Party
- Gerónimo Rulli (* 1992), Argentinian football goalkeeper
family name
- Friedrich Hieronymus (* 1955), German motocross racing driver and restaurateur
- Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846–1921), German botanist
- Gerd Terburg Hieronymus (1839–?), German writer, see Gerd Terburg-Arminius
- Haimo Hieronymus (* 1969), German artist and writer
- Hans Hieronymus (1902– ??), German motorcycle racing driver
- Holger Hieronymus (* 1959), German soccer player
- Thomas Galen Hieronymus (1895–1988), American engineer
Others
- Hieronymos was the pseudonym of the writer Frank Wedekind in publications in the satirical magazine Simplicissimus