Hieronymus

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Hieronymus (countable and uncountable, plural Hieronymuses)

1. (Christianity) Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use.
3. A surname transferred from the given name.

Related terms

• Jerome

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Jeroni (ca) m, Jerònim m
• French: Jérôme (fr) m, Gérôme (fr)
• Galician: Xerónimo m
• German: Hieronymus (de) m
• Irish: Iaróm m
• Italian: Geronimo m, Girolamo (it) m, Gerolamo m
• Occitan: Giròni m
• Polish: Hieronim (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jerónimo (pt) m, Jerônimo (pt) m
• Russian: Иеро́ним (ru) m (Ijerónim)
• Sicilian: Jirònimu m,
• Spanish: Hierónimo m, Jerónimo (es) m
• Welsh: Sierôm m

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hieronymus is the 36,736^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Hieronymus is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hieronymus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175.

German

Alternative forms

• Jeronimus (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiˈʁɔ.ni.mʊs/, /he-/, /je-/, /-ʁoː-/ (usual)
• IPA^(key): /hi.eˈʁoː.ny.mʊs/ (learned, classicist)

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Proper noun

Hieronymus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hieronymus' or Hieronymi)

1. Jerome; Hieronymus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hi.eˈroː.ny.mus/, [hiɛˈroːnʏmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.eˈro.ni.mus/, [ieˈrɔːnimus]

Proper noun

Hierōnymus m sg (genitive Hierōnymī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hierōnymus
Genitive	Hierōnymī
Dative	Hierōnymō
Accusative	Hierōnymum
Ablative	Hierōnymō
Vocative	Hierōnyme

Further reading

• “Hieronymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hieronymus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 746.