Given name
Jeroen
“a holy man”
Jeroen is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a holy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a holy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Jeroen developed from Hieronymus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeroen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 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.
Jeroen’s family of names
Jeroen shares a linguistic root with Jerome. In Dutch usage, Jeroen has a related form in Joen. Jeroen has a related form in Jerome.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jeroen has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 8 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.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jeroen
- Hieronymus BoschDutch painter (c. 1450–1516)
- Jeroen KrabbéDutch actor, film director (born 1944)
- Jeroen DijsselbloemDutch politicianborn 1966
- Jeroen ZoetDutch footballerborn 1991
- Jeroen DubbeldamDutch equestrianborn 1973
- Jeroen BoereDutch association football player (1967–2007)
- Jeroen BrouwersDutch writer (1940–2022)
- Jeroen DuysterDutch rowerborn 1966
- Jeroen DelmeeDutch field hockey playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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