Jerome

Gender: Male Meaning of Jerome: "sacred name" Origin of Jerome: Greek Jerome's Popularity in 2018: #870

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Jerome Origin and Meaning

The name Jerome is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "sacred name".

Jerome has a bespectacled, serious, studious image, just like its namesake saint, who was a brilliant scholar. St. Jerome is the patron saint of students, librarians, and archaeologists.

Musical namesakes include Jerome Kern and Jerome Robbins, and Jerome is also the birthname of J.D Salinger, Jerry Garcia, and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as one of the Three Stooges.

The Latin form is Hieronymus, as in the painter Bosch.

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Famous People Named Jerome

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Saint Jerome, Dalmatian presbyter, theologian, confessor and historian
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon I
Jerome Klapka Jerome, English humorist
Jerome David Kern, American composer and songwriter
Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and producer
Jerome David "J.D." Salinger, American novelist
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld, American actor/comedian
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia, American lead singer of The Grateful Dead
Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer, American film producer
Jerome Coopersmith, American playwright
Jerome Seymour Bruner, American psychologist
Jerome Abram Bettis, American NFL football player

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Pop Culture References for the name Jerome

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Jerome, German shepherd character in anime "Ginga Densetsu Weed"
Jerome Clarke, character on TV's "House of Anubis"
Jerome Morris, Shia LaBeouf's character in movie "Nymphomaniac"
Jerome Squalor, character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Jerome Morrow, character in the movie "Gattaca."
Jerome E. "Jerry" Renault, protagonist of Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" and the 1988 film of the same name

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Jerome's International Variations

Jeremie, Jérôme, Jereme (French) Iarom (Irish) Geronimo, Gerome, Girolamo (Italian) Hieronymous (German) Jeroen (Dutch) Jerónimo (Spanish)