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Jerome is a masculine name of
Greek origin, derived from the Greek
given name Ἱερώνυμος , Hierōnymos , "sacred name"; from ἱερός, hierós , "sacred", and ὄνυμα, ónyma , an alternative form of ὄνομα, ónoma , "name".
It is the name of a prominent
Christian saint ,
Saint Jerome ,
[1] the translator of the
Vulgate .
Jerome ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1903 and 1985. Since then its use has declined and the name was ranked 616th as the name given to American boys born in 2008.
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Variants
List of people with this given name
Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), Anglo-Grison noble and Irish landowner
Jérôme Anthony (born 1968), French television presenter
Jerome Baker (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jerome Gautier Balthazar , Sri Lankan Burgher army brigadier
Jerome Barkum (born 1950), American football player
Jerome Bettis (born 1972), American football player
Jerome Bixby (1923–1998), American writer
Jérôme Boateng (born 1988), German football player
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte
Jerome "Jerry" Brudos (1939–2006), American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
Jerome Bruner (1915–2016), American psychologist
Jerome Bwanausi (born 1959), Tanzanian politician
Jerome Couplin (born 1991), American football player
Jerome Cowan (1897–1972), American actor
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (born 1985), Belgian racing driver
Jerome Dyson (born 1987), American basketball player
Jerome Ford (born 1999), American football player
Jerome Foster II (born 2002), African-American environmental activist, voting rights advocate, and virtual reality developer
Jerome Flynn (born 1963), British actor
Jerome Fontamillas (born 1967), American musician
Jerome Frank (1889–1957), American judge and legal philosopher
Jerome Frank (psychiatrist) (1909–2005), American psychiatrist
Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (1942–1995), American musician
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930), American physicist, 1990 Nobel Physics laureate
Jerome "Curly" Howard (1903–1952), American comedian
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), British author
Jerome Kagan (1929–2021), American psychologist
Jerome Kapp (born 1999), American football player
Jerome Karle (1918–2013), American chemist
Jerome Kern (1885–1945), American composer
Jerome Kohl (1946–2020), American musicologist
Jerome "Jerry" Kuehl (1931–2018), American historian and TV producer
Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), American inventor
Jerome Meyinsse (born 1988), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jérôme Moïso (born 1978), French basketball player
Jerome K. Moore , American artist
Jerome Arthur Pechillo (1919–1991), American missionary and Catholic bishop
Jerome Peterson (disambiguation)
Jerome Powell (born 1953), chair of the Federal Reserve
Jérôme Pradon , French actor and singer
Jerome Prince (legal scholar) , American attorney, academic administrator, and legal scholar
Jerome Prince (politician) , mayor of Gary, Indiana
Jerome "Pooh" Richardson (born 1966), American basketball player
Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), American director
Jerome B. Robertson (1815–1890), American doctor, politician and Confederate general
Jérôme Rothen (born 1978), French footballer
Jerome T. Youngman (born 1951), American musician
Jerome Salinger (1919–2010), American author
Jerome Seinfeld (born 1954), American comedian
Jerome Silberman (Gene Wilder) , American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker
Jerome B. Simandle (1949–2019), American federal judge
Jerome Tuccille , American libertarian writer and activist
Jérôme Valcke (born 1960), French football administrator
Jerome Vered (born 1958), American television contestant
Jerome Wiesner (1915–1994), American science advisor and educator
Jerome J. Workman Jr. (born 1952), American biological chemist
Jerome of Périgord (died 1120), French monk and bishop in Spain
Jerome Polin [
id ] (born 1998), Indonesian internet celebrity and entrepreneur
Jerome of Prague (1379–1416), Czech church reformer and follower of Jan Hus
Jerome of Sandy Cove (c.1835–1912), unidentifiable amputee discovered in Nova Scotia in 1863
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