Given name & surname
Geronimo
“of the sacred name”
In Italian use, Geronimo is a form of Jerome. One Greek interpretation is “of the sacred name.”
Original SpanishJerónimo
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Geronimo is a form of Jerome. One Greek interpretation is “of the sacred name.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Italian use, Geronimo is used as a form of Jerome.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geronimo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,085
- 3,085 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #3,541 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,541 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 55 in 2009. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,524 as a first name in 2020; 3,663 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.
Geronimo’s family of names
In English usage, Geronimo has a diminutive in Nemo. Geronimo shares a linguistic root with Jerome. Geronimo has a related form in Geronimos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Geronimo has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Geronimo comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JerónimoSpanish
- Jeromedoublet · English
- Ieronimosequivalent
- Hieronymusdoublet · English, German
- HieronimPolish
- JérômeFrench
- Gereoncognate · German
- HieronymosGerman
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Geronimo
- Geronimoleader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)
- Geronimo MeynierItalian actor (1941-2021)
- Geronimo PrattAmerican political activist (1947–2011)
- Geronimo AllisonAmerican football player (born 1994)
- Geronimo DyogiFilipina judoka (1949-2016)
- Geronimo GoeloeDutch Antillean sprinterborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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