Jerome is a masculine name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek given name , Hierōnymos, "sacred name"; from ἱερός, hierós, "sacred", and ὄνυμα, ónyma, an alternative form of ὄνομα, ónoma, "name".
It is the name of a prominent Christian saint, Saint Jerome, the translator of the Vulgate.
Jerome ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1903 and 1985. Since then its use has declined and the name was ranked 616th as the name given to American boys born in 2008.
Variants
Italian: Gerolamo, Geronimo, Girolamo
English: Gerome, Jerome
Sicilian: Girolamo
Greek: Ιερώνυμος (Ieronymos) Latin and German: Hieronymus Western Frisian: Hiëronymus Galician and Spanish: Xerónimo Albanian: Jeronim Czech: Jeroným Croatian: Jerolim, Jeronim Hungarian: Jeromos Slovak: Hieronym, Hieroným Slovene: Hieronim Irish: Iaróm Welsh: Sierôm Medieval Latin: Ieronimus Lithuanian: Jeronimas Latvian: Hieronīms Dutch: Jeroen French: Jérôme Maltese: Ġlormu Esperanto: Hieronimo Spanish: Jerónimo, Gerónimo Portuguese: Jerônimo Catalan: Jeroni, Jerònim Galician: Xerome, Xeromo Polish: Hieronim Japanese: Hiro
List of people with this given name
Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), Anglo-Grison noble and Irish landowner Jérôme Anthony (born 1968), French television presenter Jerome Baker (disambiguation), multiple people Jerome Gautier Balthazar, Sri Lankan Burgher army brigadier Jerome Barkum (born 1950), American football player Jerome Bettis (born 1972), American football player Jerome Bixby (1923–1998), American writer Jérôme Boateng (born 1988), German football player Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte Jerome "Jerry" Brudos (1939–2006), American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile Jerome Bruner (1915–2016), American psychologist Jerome Bwanausi (born 1959), Tanzanian politician Jerome Couplin (born 1991), American football player Jerome Cowan (1897–1972), American actor Jérôme d'Ambrosio (born 1985), Belgian racing driver Jerome Dyson (born 1987), American basketball player Jerome Ford (born 1999), American football player Jerome Flynn (born 1963), British actor Jerome Fontamillas (born 1967), American musician Jerome Frank (1889–1957), American judge and legal philosopher Jerome Frank (psychiatrist) (1909–2005), American psychiatrist Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (1942–1995), American musician Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930), American physicist, 1990 Nobel Physics laureate Jerome "Curly" Howard (1903–1952), American comedian Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), British author Jerome Kagan (1929–2021), American psychologist Jerome Kapp (born 1999), American football player Jerome Karle (1918–2013), American chemist Jerome Kern (1885–1945), American composer Jerome Kohl (1946–2020), American musicologist Jerome "Jerry" Kuehl, (1931-2018), historian and tv producer Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), American inventor Jerome Meyinsse (born 1988), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Jérôme Moïso (born 1978), French basketball player Jerome K. Moore, American artist Jerome Arthur Pechillo (1919–1991), American missionary and Catholic bishop Jerome Powell (born 1953), chair of the Federal Reserve Jérôme Pradon, French actor and singer Jerome Prince (legal scholar), American attorney, academic administrator, and legal scholar Jerome Prince (politician), mayor of Gary, Indiana Jerome "Pooh" Richardson (born 1966), American basketball player Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), American director Jerome B. Robertson (1815–1890), American doctor, politician and Confederate general Jérôme Rothen (born 1978), French footballer Jerome T. Youngman (born 1951), American musician Jerome Salinger (1919–2010), American author Jerome Seinfeld (born 1954), American comedian Jerome Silberman (Gene Wilder), American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker Jerome B. Simandle (1949–2019), American federal judge Jerome Tuccille, American libertarian writer and activist Jérôme Valcke (born 1960) French football administrator Jerome Vered (born 1958), American television contestant Jerome Wiesner (1915–1994), American science advisor and educator Jerome J. Workman Jr. (born 1952), American biological chemist Jerome of Périgord, (died 1120), French monk and bishop in Spain Jerome of Prague (1379–1416), Czech church reformer and follower of Jan Hus Jerome Foster II (born 2002), African-American environmental activist, voting rights advocate, and virtual reality developer. Jerome of Sandy Cove (c.1835–1912), unidentifiable amputee discovered in Nova Scotia in 1863