Jerome
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning sacred name; holy name.
How Jerome has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #837 |
| 2016 | #838 |
| 2017 | #857 |
| 2018 | #867 |
| 2019 | #911 |
Jerome by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Jerome. In the US, 253 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,109 babies in 1954, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Jerome
Forms of Jerome in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jerome. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jeremeexalted by the lord; spelling variant of Jeremy5 in the US (2017)
- Jeroneexalted by the lord; spelling variant of Jerome5 in the US (2017)
- Jeromy8 in the US (2017)
- Jeremygod will uplift or exalt2,040 in the US (2017)
- Jeremigod will exalt; a form of jeremiah18 in the US (2017)
- Jeremiegod will exalt; a form of Jeremy15 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Jerome, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jerome
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