Jerome
m.
Ancient Greek ἱερός 'sacred, holy' + Ancient Greek ὄνομα 'name'.
The name of a 4th-5th C saint who was responsible for translating the Bible into Latin, and an 8th C Italian saint.
The name is sometimes confused with Jeremy.
- England
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- English
- ● 1564 Jerome bruton-vol1 p. 34;
1584 Jerrom HAmar-vol9 p. 92;
1590 Jerome DEmar-vol2 p. 22,
bruton-vol1 p. 9;
1599 Jerom ibid. p. 57
- France
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- Latin
- ● a1116 Ieronimi (gen) CartStPC XX;
1147 Jeremia (abl) clairvaux-12thc 14,
Jheremia (abl) ibid. 14;
1167 Iheronimus (nom) CartNDSaintes X
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Jeronimus Nurn1497 90
- Italian
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- Italian
- ● 1546 Girolamo mengs p. 406;
1562 Girolamo ibid. p. 406
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1522x1532 Hieronimus (nom) DSF p. 52, 31;
1527 Hieronimus (nom) Rome1527 p. 85,
Hieronymi (gen) ibid. p. 87,
Hieronymo (abl) ibid. p. 91,
Hieronymus (nom) ibid. p. 83
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1560 Hieronimus MagMiddelburg-1560;
1561 Hieronimus ibid.;
1562 Hieronimus ibid.;
1563 Hieronimus ibid.
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1488 Hieronymi (gen) carbonell p. 24,
Hieronymus (nom) ibid. p. 22
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Hieroni valencia1510 2043,
Hieronim ibid. 4498,
Hieronym ibid. 1460,
Iheroni ibid. 3309,
Iheronim ibid. 3603,
Iheronimo ibid. 3436,
Iheronimus ibid. 3845,
Jeroni ibid. 52,
Jeronim ibid. 1336,
Jeronimo ibid. 1050
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Jerome". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Jerome.