Hieronymus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). Doublet of Jerome. === Proper noun === Hieronymus (countable and uncountable, plural Hieronymuses) (Christianity) Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome. A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use. A surname transferred from the given name. ==== Related terms ==== Jerome ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hieronymus is the 36,736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Hieronymus is most common among White (95.89%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hieronymus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175. == German == === Alternative forms === Jeronimus (dated) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiˈʁɔ.ni.mʊs/, /he-/, /je-/, /-ʁoː-/ (usual) IPA(key): /hi.eˈʁoː.ny.mʊs/ (learned, classicist) === Proper noun === Hieronymus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hieronymus' or Hieronymi) Jerome; Hieronymus == Latin == === Alternative forms === Hieronimus (8th C. CE) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hi.ɛˈroː.ny.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.eˈrɔː.ni.mus] === Proper noun === Hierōnymus m sg (genitive Hierōnymī); second declension a male given name from Ancient Greek ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “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.