Given name
Jerónimo
“sacred”·“name”
Jerónimo is a masculine given name from Old Spanish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jerónimo is built from elements meaning “sacred” and “name”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Jerónimo shares an earlier linguistic root with Jerome. An origin associated with Jerome is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Jerónimo developed from Ἱερώνυμος.
Jerónimo’s family of names
Jerónimo shares a linguistic root with Jerome. In Spanish usage, Jerónimo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Geronimo. In Portuguese usage, Jerónimo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jerome.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jerónimo has relatives in 23 languages.
25 related names in 23 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jerónimo
- Jerónimo Zurita y CastroAragonese historian (1512-1580)
- Jerónimo de SousaPortuguese politician of the 3rd republicborn 1947
- Jerónimo SaavedraSpanish politician and academic (1936–2023)
- Jerónimo MéndezChilean politician, provisional president (1887-1959)
- Jerónimo CarriónPresident of Ecuador (1865 - 1867)1804–1873
- MomoSpanish footballerborn 1982
- Jerónimo XavierreSpanish cardinal1546–1608
- Gerónimo GiménezSpanish composer (1854–1923)
- Jerónimo Luis de CabreraSpanish conquistador1528–1574
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