Gender:
Origin:
Greek
501 famous people named Jerome found on Wikipedia.
159905 male, 1061 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
870-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
93-th in year 1939
Used in: English
A male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sacred name.”.
Jerome is a masculine name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek given name Ἱερώνυμος, Hierōnymos, "sacred name"; from ἱερός, hierós, "sacred", and ὄνυμα, ónyma, an alternative form of ὄνομα, ónoma, "name".
It is the name of a prominent Christian saint, Saint Jerome, the translator of the Vulgate.
Jerome ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1903 and 1985. It has since declined in popularity and was ranked as the 616th most popular name for American boys born in 2008.
Masc. proper name, from French Jérome, from Late Latin Hieronymus, from Greek Hieronymos, literally "holy name," from hieros "holy" (see ire) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
Sacred name. Combine of hieros (sacred) and onoma (name).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Jerome Flynn | 1963 | British actor |
2 | Jerome Bettis | 1972 | Former American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
3 | Jerome Bruner | 1915 | American psychologist & scholar |
4 | Jerome Sinclair | 1996 | English footballer |
5 | Jerome Kern | 1885 | American composer of musical theater and popular music |
6 | Jerome K. Jerome | 1859 | English humorist |
7 | Jerome Brown | 1965 | All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman |
8 | Jerome Robbins | 1918 | American theater producer, director, and choreographer |
9 | Cameron Jerome | 1986 | Footballer |
10 | Jerome Benton | 1962 | American singer |
11 | Jerome Kersey | 1962 | American basketball player |
12 | Jerome Kaino | 1983 | New Zealand rugby union player |
13 | Jerome Corsi | 1946 | American conservative author |
14 | Leonard Jerome | 1817 | Brooklyn, New York, financier and maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill |
15 | Jerome Ponce | 1995 | Actor |
16 | Jerome Randle | 1987 | American basketball player |
17 | Jerome Simpson | 1986 | American football player |
18 | Jerome Kiesewetter | 1993 | German-American soccer player |
19 | Jerome Thomas | 1983 | English footballer |
20 | Julian Jerome | ||
21 | Jerome Kagan | 1929 | American psychologist |
22 | Jerome Bixby | 1923 | American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter |
23 | Kiki Jerome | ||
24 | Jerome Boger | 1955 | American National Football League referee |
25 | Jerome Isaac Friedman | 1930 | American physicist |
26 | Jerome Lane | 1966 | American basketball player |
27 | Jerome Cowan | 1897 | US actor |
28 | Ava Jerome | Fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital | |
29 | Jerome Felton | 1986 | American football player, running back, fullback |
30 | Jerome Ranft | American sculptor | |
31 | Jerome Jordan | 1986 | Jamaican basketball player |
32 | Jerome H. Powell | 1953 | American lawyer |
33 | Jerome Messam | 1985 | Player of American and Canadian football |
34 | Jerome Harrison | 1983 | American football player, running back |
35 | Jerome Dyson | 1987 | American professional basketball player |
36 | Jerome James | 1975 | American basketball player |
37 | Harry Jerome | 1940 | Athletics competitor |
38 | Jerome Taylor | 1984 | Jamaican cricketer |
39 | Jerome Williams | 1981 | American baseball player |
40 | Jerome of Sandy Cove | Unidentified amputee found at Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, 1863 | |
41 | Jerome Toobin | 1919 | TV producer |
42 | Jerome Courtland | 1926 | American actor and producer |
43 | Jerome Fontamillas | 1976 | Musician |
44 | Jerome H. Lemelson | 1923 | American inventor |
45 | Jerome Cavanagh | 1928 | American mayor |
46 | Jerome Ehlers | 1958 | Australian actor |
47 | Jerome Mathis | 1983 | American football player, wide receiver, return specialist |
48 | Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II | 1830 | American-born soldier of French descent |
49 | Jerome Allen | 1973 | Basketball player |
50 | Jerome Armstrong | 1964 | American political strategist |
51 | Jerome Moross | 1913 | American-born composer |
52 | Jerome Wiesner | 1915 | American academic engineer |
53 | Jerome McDougle | 1978 | Player of American football |
54 | Jerome Binnom-Williams | 1995 | English footballer |
55 | Jerome Richardson | 1920 | American jazz multi-instrumentalist |
56 | Jerome of Prague | 1378 | Czech philosopher |
57 | Michael Jerome | 0007 | American drummer |
58 | Jerome Cunningham | 1991 | |
59 | Jerome Lawrence | 1915 | American playwright |
60 | Jerome Apt | 1949 | Astronaut, scientist Professor |
61 | Jerome Brailey | 1950 | American musician |
62 | Jerome Walton | 1965 | American baseball player |
63 | Jerome Karle | 1918 | American physical chemist |
64 | Jerome Clark | 1946 | American writer |
65 | Jerome Meyinsse | 1988 | Professional basketball player |
66 | Jerome Henderson | 1969 | American football player |
67 | Jerome Froese | 1970 | German musician |
68 | Jerome Beasley | 1980 | American basketball player |
69 | Jerome Young | 1976 | Jamaican sprinter |
70 | Jerome H. Friedman | 1939 | American scientist |
71 | Jerome Hines | 1921 | Opera singer |
72 | Jerome Dillon | 1969 | American musician |
73 | Jerome Clarke Hunsaker | 1886 | American aviator |
74 | Jerome Groopman | Medical doctor and author | |
75 | Jerome Pathon | 1975 | American football player |
76 | Jerome Monroe Smucker | 1858 | |
77 | Jerome Lettvin | 1920 | American psychiatrist |
78 | Jerome Case | 1819 | American politician |
79 | Jerome Charyn | 1937 | American writer |
80 | Jerome Horsey | 1550 | English politician and explorer |
81 | Jerome Willis | 1928 | British actor |
82 | Jerome Rothenberg | 1931 | American poet |
83 | Jerome Schottenstein | 1935 | American businessman |
84 | Jerome Kass | 1937 | American screenwriter |
85 | Jerome Opeña | Comic book artist | |
86 | Jerome A. Cohen | 1930 | American legal academic |
87 | Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. | 1925 | American businessman |
88 | Jerome H. Holland | 1916 | American diplomat |
89 | Jerome Weidman | 1913 | American writer |
90 | Jerome Deupree | 1956 | American musician |
91 | Jerome Udoji | 1912 | Nigerian businessman and government official |
92 | Jerome Cutler | American rabbi | |
93 | Jerome Caminada | 1844 | British police officer |
94 | Jerome McGann | 1937 | American academic |
95 | Jerome Holmes | 1961 | U.S. federal judge |
96 | Jerome B. Robertson | 1815 | Confederate Army general |
97 | Jerome Holtzman | 1926 | American sportswriter and U.S. Marine |
98 | Jerome Whitehead | 1956 | American businessman |
99 | Jerome Travers | 1887 | Amateur golfer |
100 | Jerome Murphy-O'Connor | 1935 | Irish Roman Catholic priest, member of the Dominican Order, biblical scholar |
101 | Jerome Horwitz | 1919 | American scientist |
102 | Jerome E. Singer | 1934 | American psychologist |
103 | Jerome Murphy | 1987 | Player of American football |
104 | Jerome Vered | 1958 | American writer |
105 | Jerome Tanner | American pornographic film director | |
106 | Jerome Smith | 1991 | American gridiron football player |
107 | Chauncey Jerome | 1793 | British clockmaker |
108 | Jerome F. O'Malley | 1932 | United States Air Force general |
109 | Jerome Hellman | 1928 | Film producer |
110 | Jerome Arnold | 1936 | American musician |
111 | Jerome Holder | 1992 | British actor |
112 | Jerome Woods | 1973 | American football player |
113 | Jerome Lowenthal | 1932 | American musician |
114 | Jerome Hauer | American businessman | |
115 | Jerome Singleton | 1986 | American paralympic sprinter |
116 | Jerome Tiger | 1941 | American artist |
117 | Jerome G. Miller | 1931 | American academic |
118 | Jerome B. Chaffee | 1825 | Entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado |
119 | William Jerome | 1865 | American songwriter |
120 | Jerome Pearson | 1938 | American scientist |
121 | Jerome Hill | 1905 | American film director |
122 | Jerome L. Greene | American lawyer and businessman | |
123 | Jerome Frank | 1909 | American psychiatrist |
124 | Jerome Drayton | 1945 | Canadian long distance runner |
125 | Jerome Myers | 1867 | American artist |
126 | Jerome L. Johnson | 1935 | United States Navy admiral |
127 | Jerome Okimo | 1988 | English footballer |
128 | Jerome Barkum | 1950 | American football player |
129 | Jerome Collins | 1982 | Player of American football |
130 | Jerome Sally | 1959 | American football player |
131 | Jerome Lyle Rappaport | 1927 | American philanthropist |
132 | Jerome Adams | ||
133 | Jerome Booth | 1963 | |
134 | Jerome D. Mack | 1920 | American businessman |
135 | Jerome Rose | 1938 | Concert Pianist |
136 | Jerome Zerbe | 1904 | American photojournalist |
137 | Jerome Lambert | 1971 | Former American professional basketball player and fireman |
138 | Jerome Ramatlhakwane | 1985 | Botswanan footballer |
139 | Jerome Sala | 1986 | Filipino singer |
140 | Jerome Mincy | 1964 | Puerto Rican basketball player |
141 | Jerome Witkin | 1939 | American painter and art professor |
142 | Jerome Thompson | 1988 | American lacrosse player |
143 | Jerome Heckenkamp | 1980 | American computer criminal |
144 | Jerome Ravetz | 1929 | American philosopher |
145 | Jerome Tuccille | 1937 | American writer |
146 | Jerome McCarthy | 1973 | South African association football player |
147 | Jerome Herbert Skolnick | 1931 | American criminologist |
148 | Jerome Horton | 1956 | American politician |
149 | Jerome Connor | 1874 | Irish artist |
150 | Jerome H. Remick | 1867 | American music publisher |
151 | Jerome Carter | 1982 | Player of American football |
152 | Jerome Olds | American musician | |
153 | Jerome B. Simandle | 1949 | American judge |
154 | Jerome Couplin | 1991 | Player of American football |
155 | Henry Jerome | 1917 | American musician |
156 | Jerome Sydenham | 1967 | Nigerian born electronic music producer, DJ and owner of Ibadan Records |
157 | Jerome Souers | 1958 | American football coach |
158 | Jerome Liebling | 1924 | American photographer |
159 | Jerome Chazen | American businessman | |
160 | Jerome Ropati | 1984 | New Zealand rugby league player |
161 | Jerome Federico | 1992 | English footballer |
162 | Jerome Chodorov | 1911 | American politician |
163 | Jerome R. Waldie | 1925 | American politician |
164 | Jerome Anderson | 1953 | American basketball player-coach |
165 | Jerome Kilty | 1922 | Actor |
166 | Jerome Biffle | 1928 | Athletics competitor |
167 | Jerome Alexander | Judge and politician | |
168 | Jerome W. Conn | 1907 | American endocrinologist |
169 | Jerome Hanus | 1940 | American Benedictine monk and archbishop |
170 | David Jerome | 1829 | American politician |
171 | Jerome Harris | 1953 | American jazz musician |
172 | Jerome Babe | 1837 | American diamond miner and inventor |
173 | Jerome Coffee | 1958 | American boxer |
174 | Jerome B. Posner | American neurologist | |
175 | Jerome Edward Listecki | 1949 | Roman Catholic archbishop |
176 | Jerome A. Barron | 1934 | American legal scholar |
177 | Jerome Emser | 1477 | German theologian |
178 | Jerome Preston Bates | 1954 | American actor |
179 | James Jerome | 1933 | Canadian judge |
180 | Jerome Teasley | 1948 | American drummer |
181 | Jerome H. Barkow | Canadian anthropologist | |
182 | Jerome Ambro | 1928 | American politician |
183 | Jerome Swartz | 1940 | American physicist |
184 | Jerome G. Cooper | 1936 | Recipient of the Purple Heart medal |
185 | Jerome Kennedy | 1960 | Canadian politician |
186 | Jerome C. Glenn | ||
187 | Jerome Bechard | 1969 | Canadian ice hockey player |
188 | Jerome Long | 1990 | American football player |
189 | Jerome of Moravia | 1250 | Medieval music theorist |
190 | William Travers Jerome | 1859 | American judge |
191 | Jerome A. Sudut | 1930 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
192 | Jerome Caja | 1958 | |
193 | Jerome Baker | 1991 | Canadian footballer |
194 | Jerome Starkey | 1981 | British journalist |
195 | Jerome Harmon | 1969 | Professional basketball player |
196 | Jerome Xavier | 1549 | Spanish jesuit missionery |
197 | Jerome Bonaparte Squier | 1838 | American luthier |
198 | Jerome X. O'Donovan | 1944 | American politician |
199 | Jerome Fitzgerald | 1966 | Bahamian politician |
200 | Jerome O'Shea | 1931 | Gaelic football player |