Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gerome isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerome through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,313
- 1,313 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,126 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,126 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,087 as a first name in 2020; 463 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerome’s family of names
In English usage, Gerome has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hieronymos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerome
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gerome, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ernie
“one who is sincere and determined; serious”
>99% boys
Gerard
“one who is mighty with a spear”
>99% boys
Arnie
“resembling an eagle” · “the eagle ruler”
>99% boys
Greg
“watchful” · “one who is vigilant; watch-”
>99% boys
Garry
“one who wields a spear” · “a rough but peaceful man”
>99% boys
Terence
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
Cornell
“refers to a horn”
>99% boys
Jerome
“of the sacred name”
>99% boys