Hieronymus, in English pronounced or , is the

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name (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name". It corresponds to the English given name

Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...

Variants

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Jeronimi *

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: جيروم (Jerome) *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Jeronimo * Belarusian: Еранім (Yeranim) * Bulgarian: Йероним (Yeronim) * Catalan: Jeroni *

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: 希罗尼穆斯 ** Chinese Pinyin: xī luó ní mù sī * Croatian: Jeronim *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

: Jeroným, Jeronýmus (archaic) * Danish: Hieronymus * Dutch: Hiëronymus, Jeroen * English:

, Hieronymus, Geromy, Rhonemus, Geronimo *

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

: Hieronimo *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

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: Hieronymus * Finnish: Hieronymus * Flemish:

Jerom Jerom is a Flemish comic book character and one of the main cast members in the Belgian comic strip, ''Spike and Suzy, Suske en Wiske'' by Willy Vandersteen. He is the series' strongman (strength athlete), strongman and well known for his physical ...

* French: Jérôme, Gérôme * Galician Xerome *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: Hieronymus *

: (Hierṓnymos) *

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: Ιερώνυμος (Ierónymos) *

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: הירונימוס (Hieronymus) * Hungarian: Jeromos * Indonesian: Hieronimus *

Interlingua Interlingua (, ) is an international auxiliary language (IAL) developed between 1937 and 1951 by the American International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). It is a constructed language of the "naturalistic" variety, whose vocabulary, ...

: Jeronimo *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

: Girolamo, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Geromino * Japanese: ヒエロニムス (Hieronimusu) *

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: 히에로니무스 (Hieronimuseu), 제롬 (Jerom) *

: Hieronymus * Lithuanian: Jeronimas *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: ജെറോം * Norwegian: Hieronymus * Polish: Hieronim * Portuguese: Jerónimo, ''Brazilian'' Jerônimo, ''or'' Jeronymo ''as an Azorian family name'' * Romanian: Ieronim *

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: Иероним (Iyeronim) * Sardinian: Ziròminu *

Dutch Low Saxon Dutch Low Saxon ( or ''Nederlaands Nedersaksies''; ) are Low Saxon dialects from the Low German language that are spoken in the northeastern Netherlands and are mostly, but not exclusively, written with local, unstandardised orthographies base ...

: Hiëronymus * Serbian: Јероним (Jeronim) * Slovak: Hieronym *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: Jerónimo * Swahili: Jeromu * Swedish: Hieronymus * Tagalog: Jeronimo, Geronimo * Thai: เจอโรม (Čhoerom), เยโรม (Yoerom; a historical distorted interpretation of the name) * Ukrainian: Єронім (Yeronim), Єроним (Yeronym), Ієронім (Iyeronim) * Vietnamese: Giêrônimô

People with the name

As a given name

* Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as

Saint Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible ...

(c. 347 – 420) * Hiëronymus Emiliani, better known as St. Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) *

Hieronymus of Cardia Hieronymus of Cardia (, ) was a Greek general and historian from Cardia in Thrace, and a contemporary of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC). After the death of Alexander III, he followed the fortunes of his friend and fellow-countryman Eumenes ...

, Greek general and historian * Hieronymus of Rhodes, Greek peripatetic philosopher of the 3rd century BC *

Hieronymus of Syracuse Hieronymus (; 231–214 BC) was a tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse, Magna Graecia. He succeeded his grandfather, Hiero II of Syracuse, Hiero II, in 215 BC. He was at this time only fifteen years old, and he ascended the throne at a crisis ful ...

, Greek tyrant * Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens *

Hieronymus Hieronymus, in English pronounced or , is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name". It corresponds to the English given name Jerome (given name), Jerome. Variants * Albanian language, Albanian: Jeroni ...

, son of Charles Martel * Hieronymus (bishop of Wrocław), early medieval Bishop of Wrocław, Poland from 1046 to 1062 *

Hieronymus Bock Hieronymus Bock ( Latinised Hieronymus Tragus; c. 1498 – 21 February 1554) was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their re ...

, German botanist *

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (; ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch people, Dutch painter from Duchy of Brabant, Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, gene ...

, Dutch artist * Hieronymus Cardanus, also known as Girolamo Cardano or Jérôme Cardan, polymath, astrologer, gambler * Hieronymus Cock, Flemish painter and etcher *

Hieronymus Fabricius Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (; 20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomy, anatomist and surgeon known in medicine, medical science as "The Father of Embryology." Lif ...

, Italian anatomist * Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo, Austrian Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Count of the Holy Roman Empire *

Hieronymus Lotter Hieronymus Lotter (* around 1497 in Nuremberg; † 22 July 1580 in Geyer / Ore Mountains) was a merchant and several times List of mayors of Leipzig, mayor of Leipzig, construction manager for important Landeshoheit, sovereign building projects in ...

(1497–1580), merchant,

construction manager Construction management (CM) aims to control the quality of a construction project's scope, time, and cost (sometimes referred to as a project management triangle or "triple constraints") to maximize the project owner's satisfaction. It uses pro ...

and several times mayor of Leipzig, Germany * Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, famous recounter of tall tales, fictionalized as Baron Munchausen (1720–1797) *

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern Germany, German composer and organ (music), organist of the late Renaissance music, Renaissance and early Baroque music, Baroque whose Venetian polychoral style, polycho ...

, German Composer * Hieronymus Theodor Richter, German chemist * Marcus Hieronymus Vida, 16th-century Italian poet and bishop *

Hieronymus Vietor Hieronymus Vietor (c. 1480, in Liebenthal (now Lubomierz) Silesia – late 1546 or early 1547, in Kraków)Tyszkowska, Bogusława : Hieronim Wietor - drukarz z Lubomierza', 2009. URL last accessed 2012-11-11. was a printer and publisher born in S ...

(c. 1480–1546/47), printer in Vienna and Kraków * Hieronymus Wierix, Flemish engraver *

Hieronymus Wolf Hieronymus Wolf (13 August 1516 – 8 October 1580) was a sixteenth-century German historian and humanist, most famous for introducing a system of Roman historiography that eventually became the standard in works of medieval Byzantine history. ...

, German historian * Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, Danish mathematician * Hieronymus, pen name of Athalia Schwartz (1821-1871), Danish writer

As a surname

* Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus, German botanist * Otto Hieronimus, German engineer * Holger Hieronymus, German former football player

Fictional characters

* Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a fictional character * Charlie Hieronymus Pace, a character from the television series ''Lost'' * Hieronymus Bump, a character from the animated fantasy television series ''

The Owl House ''The Owl House'' is an American animated fantasy television series created by Dana Terrace that aired on Disney Channel from January 10, 2020, to April 8, 2023. The series features the voices of Sarah-Nicole Robles, Wendie Malick, Alex Hi ...

'' * Hieronymus Frosch, a character (frog and inventor) created by * Hieronymus Fox, a character from the science-fiction television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th century'' * Hieronymus Glove from the animated American television series

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...

* Hieronymus Joseph Hacker, aka "The Hacker", the main antagonist of the animated educational television series ''

Cyberchase ''Cyberchase'' is an animated series, animated science fantasy children's television series that airs on PBS Kids. The series centers around three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt and Inez, who are brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, i ...

''. * Hieronymus Lex, a character from the video game '' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''