MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jerome mean?
Jerome comes through French from Latin Hieronymus and Greek Hieronymos. The compound joins sacred with name.
Saint Jerome, the biblical translator, is a principal historical association. The roots explain why Hieronymus and Geronimo are genuine language relatives despite their different spellings. The sacred-name gloss describes the compound rather than certifying a bearer’s religious status.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Geronimo and Hieronymus.
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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People with the name Jerome
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jerome Ponce
actor
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jerome Sala, Jerome Ponce
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jerome in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jerome
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jeremy♂English form of Jeremiah
- Jeanie·Affectionate form of Jean
- Jeanne♀God is gracious; French form of Joanna
- Jemma·Spelling of Gemma; gem or jewel
- Jennie·Variant of Jenny; Jane or Jennifer tradition
- Jepoy♂Familiar form of Jeff with the ending -oy
- Jerald♂Spear and power; variant of Gerald
- Jerry♂Familiar form of Gerald, Gerard or Jeremy
What rhymes with Jerome?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Jerome
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q647875 — Jerome (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jerome Sala (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q647875 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jerome Ponce (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q647875 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jerome (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Jerome (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.