Given name & surname
Gereon
“holy name”
Gereon is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in German.
Original Ancient GreekἹερώνυμος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gereon goes back to Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος, meaning “holy name.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In German usage, Gereon is a short form of Hieronymus. In German usage, Gereon developed from the Latin form Hieronymus.
Gereon’s family of names
In German usage, Gereon is a short form of Hieronymus. In German usage, Gereon shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Geronimo. In German usage, Gereon shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Jeroen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gereon has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Gereon comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gereon
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