Jerome

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jeronimo in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 7 more and Hieronim in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jerome is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name107K records spelled Jerome12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Jérôme, Jérome, Jerôme, Jéròme, Jérǒme

• Swahili given name18K records spelled Jerome13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, South Africa, Nigeria

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Jérôme, Jerôme, Jeromu, Jeromé, Jérome

• Thai given name4.6K records spelled Jerome14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Jérôme, เจอโรม, เจโรม, Jerrom, เจโรมี

• Greek given name3.6K records spelled Jerome17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus

  Also written Hieronymus, Ιερωνυμος, Ieronimos, Ieronymos, Ιερώνυμος

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name3.2K records spelled Jerome4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Jérôme, Jerôme, Jérome

• Finnish given name2.2K records spelled Jerome9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Hieronymus, Jérôme, Jérome, Jerôme

• Czech given name1.9K records spelled Jerome12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Jérôme, Hieroným, Jerôme, Jérome, Jérõme

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jerome is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Greek ‘holy name’; St Jerome translated the Bible into the Vulgate.

  as a name·Irish first names

• from a personal name, Gerram, composed of the Germanic elements gar, ger ‘spear’ + hraban ‘raven’. FOREBEARSIA Jerome is recorded in Montreal in 1655 with the secondary surnames Beaune and Leblanc. Another bearer of the name, from Brittany, is recorded in Montreal in 1705 with the secondary surname Latour.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Greek, ‘holy name’. St Jerome (c. 347-419) translated the Bible into the Latin version known as the Vulgate. The true Irish forms are Cirine and larom, but Jerome has generally been used in Ireland as.an anglicisation of Dermot. Joan [Siobhan] (f) A feminine form of John, coming from Latin

  as a name·Irish first names

• French (Jerome) and English; from the medieval personal name Jerome (French), Jerome (English), from Greek Hieronymos (see Hieronymus). This achieved some popularity in France and elsewhere, being bestowed in honor of St Jerome (7347-420), creator of the Vulgate, the standard Latin version of the Bible.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jérôme Lalandeb. 1732FRFrench astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
• Jérôme Bonaparteb. 1784FRNapoleon I's brother (1784–1860)
• Jerome K. Jeromeb. 1859GBEnglish humorist (1859-1927)
• Jerome Brunerb. 1915USAmerican psychologist and scholar
• Gene Wilderb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1933–2016)
• Jerry Orbachb. 1935USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and singer (1935-2004)
• Jerry Bruckheimerb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican film and television producer (born 1943)
• Jerome Powellb. 1953USAmerican financier (born 1953)
• Jerry Seinfeldb. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian and actor
• Jérôme Boatengb. 1988DEGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,144 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jerome?

We estimate roughly 148 thousand people bear Jerome (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Jerome have the most bearers?

Jerome is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled jerome.

How common is Jerome compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Jerome is the 101st most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Jerome a male or female name?

Jerome is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jerome mean?

Recorded meaning: from Jerome, Greek Iερώvυµoς ‘sacred name’; first attested Geram Hy 2 DC (Lincolnshire)