Meaning of the nameJerônimo

Jerônimo is a male name of Greek origin, coming through Latin Hieronymus, which literally means 'having a sacred name'.

Meaning

“having a sacred name”

People (2022): 12,554
Rank in Brazil: #1,457
Median age: 53 years
2010 Census: 14,349; people

Jerônimo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jerônimo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,496 people).

42 women 12,512 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jerônimo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jerônimo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Goiás 0.013%
Bahia 0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
Paraíba 0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,711	0.004%
Bahia	1,349	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	1,271	0.008%
Minas Gerais	1,210	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,037	0.010%
Goiás	945	0.013%
Pernambuco	723	0.008%
Paraná	495	0.004%
Pará	378	0.005%
Paraíba	370	0.009%
Ceará	362	0.004%
Santa Catarina	327	0.004%
Maranhão	326	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	303	0.009%
Espírito Santo	270	0.007%
Mato Grosso	253	0.007%
Piauí	185	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	179	0.007%
Alagoas	177	0.006%
Distrito Federal	172	0.006%
Amazonas	164	0.004%
Sergipe	119	0.005%
Tocantins	79	0.005%
Rondônia	68	0.004%
Roraima	32	0.005%
Acre	25	0.003%
Amapá	24	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jerônimo

Jerônimo is the Brazilian spelling of Jerónimo, according to Wiktionary. The name comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Jeronimo and from Latin Hierōnymus, borrowed from Greek Hierṓnymos, 'having a sacred name', from hierós, 'sacred', and ónoma, 'name'. IBGE does not record accents, so Jerônimo and Jeronimo are counted together. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,554 people named Jerônimo, with a median age of 53; proportionally, the name is most common in Goiás.

Sources

Wiktionary: Jerónimo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Jerônimo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Jerônimo

What does the name Jerônimo mean?

Jerônimo means “having a sacred name”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Jerônimo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,554 people with the first name Jerônimo, which ranks it number 1,457 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Jerônimo a boy's or a girl's name?

Jerônimo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 42 women and 12,512 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jerônimo?

Jerônimo is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jerônimo most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.013% of the state's population is named Jerônimo (945 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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