Jerónimo (name)

Jeronimo or Jerónimo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of "Jerome".^[1]

Those bearing it as a surname include:

• Tonicha Jeronimo (born 1977), a British actress
• Vlademir Jeronimo Barreto (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
• Claudemir Jerônimo Barreto (born 1981), Brazilian-born German footballer a.k.a. Cacau

Those bearing it as a given name include:

• Jerônimo de Albuquerque (1510–1584), nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco, Brazil.
• Jerónimo de Alderete (1518–1556), Spanish conquistador
• Jerónimo Amione (born 1990), Mexican footballer
• Jerónimo de Azevedo (1560–1625), Portuguese fidalgo
• Jerónimo Barrales (born 1987), Argentinian footballer
• Jerónimo Fernandes de Cabrera Bobadilla y Mendoza, Viceroy of Perú
• Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (1807–1866), son of the first Mexican Emperor Agustín I of Mexico
• Jeronimo Gomez (born 1976), American musician
• Jerónimo Lobo (1595–1678), Portuguese Jesuit missionary
• Jerónimo Saavedra (1936–2023), Spanish politician
• Jerónimo de Sousa (born 1944), Portuguese politician
• Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro (1870–1933), Brazilian politician
• Jerónimo Morales Neumann (born 1986), Argentinian footballer
• Jerónimo Treviño (1835–1914), Mexican governor and general
• Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512–1580), Spanish historian

Those bearing it as an artistic name include:

• Jerónimo (Alberto Pedro Gonzales), Argentina

See also

• Geronimo (disambiguation)
• Hieronymus (disambiguation)
• Saint Jerome (disambiguation)
• San Geronimo (disambiguation)
• San Jerónimo (disambiguation)

References

1. Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 148. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.