Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἱερώνυμος
“holy; sacred”·“name”
Ἱερώνυμος (Hĭerṓnŭmos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Jerome.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἱερώνυμος is built from elements meaning “holy; sacred” and “name”.
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Where it comes from
Ἱερώνυμος comes from Proto-Hellenic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European *-os, built from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ερός (“holy; sacred”) + ὄνῠμᾰ (“name”) + -ος.
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Ἱερώνυμος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἱερώνυμος has a later derivative in Jerome. Ἱερώνυμος has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Hieronim. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἱερώνυμος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jerome.
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Around the world
Ἱερώνυμος has relatives in 8 languages.
11 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jeromederivative · English
- Geronimoderivative · Italian
- Jeronimasderivative · Lithuanian
- Giròniderivative · Occitan
- Jerónimoderivative · Portuguese
- JerônimoPortuguese
- HieronimPolish
- Gereonderivative · German
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