Jerónimo (name)
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Jeronimo or Jerónimo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of "Jerome".{{cite book | last = Albaigès | first = Josep M. | last2 = Olivart | first2 = J.M.A. | title = Diccionario de nombres de personas | publisher = Universitat de Barcelona | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-84-475-0264-6 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA148 | language = es | access-date = 15 September 2018 | page = 148
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
References
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