Given name

Girolama

Girolama is a given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Girolama comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Hieronymus.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Girolama through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1917
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Girolama in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1917–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Girolama’s family of names

In Italian usage, Girolama has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form HIERONIMA. In Italian usage, Girolama has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jéromine.

Walk Girolama’s family in the name graph

GirolamaJeronimaGerominaHieronimaJéromineGerolominaGerolamina

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

People named Girolama

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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Old High German

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Ancient Greek

Teofila

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Latin

Hilja

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Latin

Stephana

“crowned in victory”

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Latin · Saints

Georgiana

Georgiana is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek.

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Sibling ideas

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