Given name & surname
Jérôme
“sacred”
Jérôme is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jérôme goes back to Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος, meaning “sacred.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Jérôme shares an earlier linguistic root with Jerome. An origin associated with Jerome is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Jérôme’s family of names
Jérôme shares a linguistic root with Jerome. In French usage, Jérôme has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Geronimo. In French usage, Jérôme has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jerome.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jérôme has relatives in 20 languages.
23 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jérôme
- Jérôme BoatengGerman association football playerborn 1988
- Jérôme BonaparteNapoleon I's brother (1784–1860)
- Jérôme d'AmbrosioBelgian racecar driverborn 1985
- Jérôme RothenFrench footballer (born 1978)
- Jérôme FernandezFrench handball playerborn 1977
- Jérôme Eugène CoggiaFrench astronomer (1849-1919)
- Jérôme FerrariFrench writer and translatorborn 1968
- Jerome DamonSouth African football refereeborn 1972
- Jérôme Pétion de VilleneuveFrench politician (1756-1794)
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