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What does Jerome mean?
Jerome 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced jer-OME. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Jerome is "sacred name". From Hieronymos. Saint Jerome (fourth century) was a scholar who prepared the Latin Vulgate, the standard accepted text of the Bible in the common language of the time. He is often portrayed with a lion, from the legend that he removed a thorn from the lion's pad and won the beast's lifelong loyalty. Jeroen is the Dutch form: Jer�me is French. Songwriter Jerome Kern; choreographer Jerome Robbins; football player Jerome Bettis.
STARTS WITH Je-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, saint, scholar (philosopher), bible, lion, legend (mythology), thorn (tree)
Variations
VARIANTS Gerome, Geronimo, Gerrie, Gerry▼, Hierome, Hieronim, Hieronimo, Hieronimos, Hieronimus, Hieronymos, Hieronymus, Jairo, Jairome, Jeroen, Jeromo, Jeronimo, Jerrome, Jerron, Jerrone, Jerry▼
SEE ALSO Chairo
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jerome Evander (J.E.), ..
How popular is Jerome?
Jerome is a very popular first name for males (#166 out of 1220, Top 14%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#3987 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jerome reached its highest rank of #102 in the U.S. in the 1930s, and is at #870 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Jerome (#870 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are Jerry (#601), Jairo (#942), Gerome, Geronimo, Gerry, Jeronimo and Jerron. Adoption of these relations of Jerome was widespread in the 1940s (AVERAGE #1290) and is now much reduced (#1551, DOWN 96.1%), with forms such as Jerome falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Jerome▼ is pronounced similarly to Jereme, Joram and Jorim. Other recommended sound-alike names are Jaron▼, Jaronn, Jerae, Jeramee (see Jeremy), Jeramey, Jeramie, Jeramy, Jeran, Jere, Jeremia, Jeremie, Jeremy▼, Jeren, Jerod▼, Jerold▼, Jeroll, Jeromy▼, Jeron, Jerone, Jerre, Jerren, Jerrie, Jerrin, Joron, Lerone and Merom. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jerome.
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