Given name & surname
Jeronimo
“of the sacred name”
Jeronimo is a variant of Jerome. One Greek interpretation is “of the sacred name.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeronimo is a variant of Jerome. One Greek interpretation is “of the sacred name.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jeronimo is a variant of Jerome. An origin associated with Jerome is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeronimo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,280
- 2,280 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 82
- #1,911 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 82 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,911 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,107 as a first name in 2020; 2,917 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeronimo’s family of names
Jeronimo has a related form in Jerome. In Spanish usage, Jeronimo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hieronymos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jeronimo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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