Jeromie
Masculine · “A spelling of Jerome”
Jeromie is Jerome with a friendly -ie ending. Two Jeromes gave the world lasting entertainment: an English humorist who sent Londoners rowing up the Thames, and an American composer who wrote 'Ol' Man River'.
How old is the name Jeromie?
Jeromie first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Jeromie alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 500 people named Jeromie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jeromie most popular?
Jeromie peaked in 1976, reaching #1238 nationally. See the whole 1976 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hieronymos to Jeromie
The story of Jeromie
Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, the comic story of three friends and a dog on a boating holiday, was such a success that the number of boats on the Thames jumped, and it has never been out of print. Jerome Kern, with Oscar Hammerstein, wrote Show Boat, a musical set on a Mississippi riverboat that took on racism and hard lives, and its song 'Ol' Man River' became a standard. Jeromie is one of the spellings American families used.
Meaning
A spelling of Jerome, 'sacred name'
Jerome comes from Greek Hieronymos, from hieros, 'holy', and onoma, 'name'. Jeromie adds -ie.
How the name formed
- Hieronymos
- Jerome
- Jeromie
Related forms: Jerome · Jérôme · Girolamo
Pronouncing Jeromie
juh-ROH-mee
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Jeromie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 197649 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1238reached in 1976
- Change vs 2006
- 0.0%5 in 2009, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jeromie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jerome in English — spelling variant
- Jérôme in French — same name
- Girolamo in Italian — same name
Jeromies among us
people named Jeromie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jeromie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Built on Jerome, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Jerry as a ready pet form.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will write Jerome or Jeremy.
- Some will say it JAIR-uh-mee.
- It will need spelling out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jeromies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jeromie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jeromie in 2025?
- Jeromie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jeromie with classmates?
- Jeromie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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