# Hieronymus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hieronymus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “having a holy name” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌhaɪ.(ə)ˈɹɑnɪməs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “having a holy name”). Doublet of Geronimo and Jerome.

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Йероним
- Catalan: Jeroni, Jerònim
- French: Jérôme, Gérôme, Hiéronyme
- German: Hieronymus
- Irish: Iaróm
- Italian: Geronimo, Girolamo, Gerolamo
- Polish: Hieronim
- Portuguese: Jerónimo, Jerônimo
- Russian: Иеро́ним
- Spanish: Hierónimo, Jerónimo
- Welsh: Sierôm

## People named Hieronymus

- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (c. 1450–1516)
- Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (1498-1554)
- Hieronymus of Cardia, 4th/3rd century BC Greek general and historian
- Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, Danish mathematician (1839–1920)
- Hieronymus Cock, engraver and printmaker from the Southern Netherlands (1518-1570)
- Hieronymus of Syracuse, 3rd century BCE tyrant
- Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger, German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer
- Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch poet and writer (1746–1803)
- Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, German botanist (1704–1763)
- Hieronymus Karl Graf von Colloredo-Mansfeld, (1775-1822) Austrian general
- Hieronymus Wierix, Flemish engraver and draughtsman (1553–1619)
- Hieronymus David Gaubius, German chemist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.