Hieronymus

From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). Doublet of Jerome.

Hieronymus (countable and uncountable, plural Hieronymuses)

1. (Christianity) Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use.
3. A surname transferred from the given name.

• Jerome

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hieronymus is the 36,736^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Hieronymus is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hieronymus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175.

• Jeronimus (dated)

• IPA^(key): /hiˈʁɔ.ni.mʊs/, /he-/, /je-/, /-ʁoː-/ (usual)
• IPA^(key): /hi.eˈʁoː.ny.mʊs/ (learned, classicist)

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Hieronymus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hieronymus' or Hieronymi)

1. Jerome;

• Hieronimus (8th C. CE)

From Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hi.ɛˈroː.ny.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.eˈrɔː.ni.mus]

Hierōnymus m sg (genitive Hierōnymī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Hieronymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hieronymus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 746.