Jerónimo is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “sacred and name.” In 2024 it was given to 67 boys in the United States.
Jerónimo at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Spanish · Portuguese
Meaning
“sacred and name”
About the name Jerónimo
Jerónimo belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “sacred and name” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jerónimo first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1944 in 2023, and in 2024 67 babies received the name — 2,198 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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