Gender Masculine
Scripts Ἱερώνυμος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. hie-ə-RAWN-i-məs(English) hee-RO-nuy-muws(German) hee-eh-RO-nuy-muws(German) hee-yeh-RO-nee-muyz(Dutch) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Latin form of Jerome, formerly common in Germany and the Netherlands. Hieronymus Bosch was a 15th-century Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell.
Related Names
VariantsHieronymos(Ancient Greek) Jeroen(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesJeronim, Jere, Jerko(Croatian) Jeroným(Czech) Jerome, Jerry(English) Roni(Finnish) Jérôme(French) Geronimo(History) Gerolamo, Girolamo(Italian) Ieronimus(Late Roman) Hieronim(Polish) Jerônimo(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Jerónimo(Portuguese (European)) Ieronim(Romanian) Ieronim(Russian) Hieronym(Slovak) Jerónimo, Gerónimo(Spanish)