Hieronymus, in English pronounced or , is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name". It corresponds to the English given name Jerome.

Variants

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Jeronimi * Arabic: جيروم (Jerome) * Basque: Jeronimo *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Еранім (Yeranim) * Bulgarian: Йероним (Yeronim) * Catalan: Jeroni * Written Chinese: 希罗尼穆斯 ** Chinese Pinyin: xī luó ní mù sī * Croatian: Jeronim * Czech: Jeroným, Jeronýmus (archaic) * Danish: Hieronymus * Dutch: Hiëronymus, Jeroen * English: Jerome, Hieronymus, Geromy, Rhonemus *

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

: Hieronimo *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

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: Hieronymus * Finnish: Hieronymus * Flemish: Jerom *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: Jérôme, Gérôme * Galician Xerome * German: Hieronymus * Ancient Greek : (Hierṓnymos) * Modern Greek: Ιερώνυμος (Ierónymos) * Hebrew: הירונימוס (Hieronymus) * Hungarian: Jeromos * Indonesian: Hieronimus * Interlingua: Jeronimo * Italian:

Girolamo Girolamo is an Italian variant of the name Hieronymus. Its English equivalent is Jerome. It may refer to: * Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576), Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler * Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – afte ...

, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Geromino * Japanese: ヒエロニムス (Hieronimusu) * Korean: 히에로니무스 (Hieronimuseu), 제롬 (Jerom) * Latin: Hieronymus *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

Jeronimas Jeronimas is a male Lithuanian name, Lithuanian given name, derived from Hieronymus. Notable people with the name include: *Jeronimas Kačinskas (1907–2005), Lithuanian-born American composer *Jeronimas Milius (born 1984), Lithuanian singer and E ...

* Malayalam: ജെറോം * Norwegian: Hieronymus * Polish: Hieronim * Portuguese: Jerónimo, ''Brazilian'' Jerônimo, ''or'' Jeronymo ''as an Azorian family name'' * Romanian: Ieronim * Russian: Иероним (Iyeronim) * Sardinian: Ziròminu * Dutch Low Saxon: Hiëronymus *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

: Јероним (Jeronim) * Slovak: Hieronym * Spanish: Jerónimo *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

: Jeromu *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Hieronymus *

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

: Jeronimo, Geronimo *

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

: เจอโรม (Čhoerom), เยโรม (Yoerom; a historical distorted interpretation of the name) * Ukrainian: Єронім (Yeronim), Єроним (Yeronym), Ієронім (Iyeronim) * Vietnamese: Giêrônimô

People with the name

As a given name

* Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 420) *

Hiëronymus Emiliani Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS ( it, Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church. Born in Veni ...

, better known as

St. Jerome Emiliani Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS ( it, Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church. Born in Veni ...

(1486–1537) * Hieronymus of Cardia, Greek general and historian *

Hieronymus of Rhodes Hieronymus of Rhodes ( grc, Ἱερώνυμος ὁ Ῥόδιος, Hierṓnymos ho Rhódios, la, Hieronymus Rhodius; – ) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and an opponent of Arcesilaus and Lyco of Troas. Only a few fragments of his works survive, ...

, Greek

peripatetic Peripatetic may refer to: * Peripatetic school, a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece * Peripatetic axiom *Peripatetic minority, a mobile population moving among settled populations offering a craft or trade. *Peripatetic Jats There are severa ...

philosopher of the 3rd century BC * Hieronymus of Syracuse, Greek tyrant * Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens * Hieronymus, son of Charles Martel * Hieronymus (bishop of Wrocław), early medieval Bishop of Wrocław, Poland from 1046 to 1062 *

Hieronymus Bock Hieronymus Bock ( Latinised Hieronymus Tragus; c. 1498 – 21 February 1554) was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their re ...

, German botanist * Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch artist *

Hieronymus Cardanus Gerolamo Cardano (; also Girolamo or Geronimo; french: link=no, Jérôme Cardan; la, Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath, whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, ...

, also known as Girolamo Cardano or Jérôme Cardan, polymath, astrologer, gambler *

Hieronymus Cock Hieronymus Cock, or Hieronymus Wellens de Cock (1518 – 3 October 1570) was a Flemish painter and etcher as well as a publisher and distributor of prints.

, Flemish painter and etcher * Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist *

Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz (Jérôme Joseph Franz de Paula, Count of Colloredo-Wallsee and Mels; ) was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 to 1772 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1772 until 1803, whe ...

, Austrian Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Count of the Holy Roman Empire *

Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book ''Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on a real b ...

, famous recounter of tall tales, fictionalized as Baron Munchausen (1720–1797) *

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his org ...

, German Composer * Hieronymus Theodor Richter, German chemist *

Marcus Hieronymus Vida Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485? – September 27, 1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet. Life Marco was born at Cremona, the son of the consular (patrician) Guglielmo Vida, and Leona Oscasale. He had two brother ...

, 16th-century Italian poet and bishop * Hieronymus Vietor (c. 1480–1546/47), printer in Vienna and Kraków *

Hieronymus Wierix Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is known for his reproductive engravings after the work of well-known local and foreign artists including Albrecht Dürer. Together with other members of the ...

, Flemish engraver * Hieronymus Wolf, German historian * Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, Danish mathematician * Hieronymus, pen name of Athalia Schwartz (1821-1871), Danish writer

As a surname

Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846–1921) was a European botanist of German extraction. He was born in Silesia and died in Berlin. He began his career as a medical student in Zürich and Bern from 1868 to 1870, but became interested in ...

, German botanist * , German engineer * Holger Hieronymus, German former football player

Fictional characters

* Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a fictional character * Charlie Hieronymus Pace, a character from the television series '' Lost'' * Hieronymus Bump, a character from the animated fantasy television series '' The Owl House'' * Hieronymus Frosch, a character (frog and inventor) created by * Hieronymus Fox, a character from the science-fiction television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th century'' *

Hieronymus Glove The characters in the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' were created by artist, animator, and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character and his various f ...

from the animated American television series SpongeBob SquarePants