Given name · also Latin
Jeronimas
Jeronimas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jeronimas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Jeronimas developed from Ἱερώνυμος.
Jeronimas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Jeronimas has a diminutive in Jaris. In Lithuanian usage, Jeronimas shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Hieronim. In Lithuanian usage, Jeronimas has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Hieronim.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jeronimas
- Ieronim UborevichSoviet military officer (1896-1937)
- Jeronimas MiliusLithuanian singerborn 1984
- Jeronimas KačinskasLithuanian composer (1907-2005)
- Jeronimas KraujelisLithuanian economist and politician (1938-2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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