Jerome

See also: Jérôme

English

Etymology

From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos).

Proper noun

Jerome

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.
3. A town in Arizona.
4. A city in Arkansas.
5. A city in and the county seat of Jerome County, Idaho.
6. A village in Illinois.
7. an unincorporated community in Union Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States
8. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.

Derived terms

• Jerome County

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Jeroni
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶柔米 (je⁴ jau⁴ mai⁵), 熱羅尼莫, 热罗尼莫 (jit⁶ lo⁴ nei⁴ mok⁶) (Catholic), 葉理諾, 叶理诺 (jip⁶ lei⁵ nok⁶) (Catholic), 傑羅姆, 杰罗姆 (git⁶ lo⁴ mou⁵)

  Mandarin: 耶柔米 (Yēróumǐ), 熱羅尼莫, 热罗尼莫 (Rèluónímò) (Catholic), 葉理諾, 叶理诺 (Yèlǐnuò) (Catholic), 傑羅姆, 杰罗姆 (Jiéluómǔ)

• Czech: Jeroným m
• French: Jérôme (fr)
• Galician: Xerónimo m
• Greek: Ιερώνυμος (el) m (Ierónymos)

  Ancient: Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos)

• Hebrew: יָרוֺן‎ (Yaron)

• Hungarian: Jeromos (hu)
• Italian: Girolamo (it)
• Japanese: ジェローム (Jerōmu)
• Latin: Hieronymus
• Polish: Hieronim (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jerónimo (pt) m (Portugal), Jerônimo (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: Джеро́м (ru) m (Džeróm), Иерони́м (ru) m (Ijeroním) (cognate)
• Spanish: Jerónimo (es) m
• Vietnamese: Giêrônimô