| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) | 
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... | 
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D | 
| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 996 | 
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       We just named our new son Jerome, more or less a family tradition.
    The confusing part is that his grandfather is named Jerry on his
    birth certificate, and I'm also a Jerry. My wife figuring that Jerry
    is really a nickname, ao we named him Jerome to keep it more formal. I
    guess Jerry can be a nickname for Geronimo etc...
    
      We went along with this at the time and didn't think much of it.
    However, we are finding that some people call him Jerome, some people
    call him Jerry, and some use his initials JJ. Poor little guy is
    getting confused. 
    
      Anyway, will try to stick with Jerome and see what happens. Does
    anyone have any history on "Jerome" ? I know it's some Catholic
    saint's name and he was known to be the translator of the bible.
    His attributes were that he was quiet yet knowledgeable. Before
    this time, I have no info.
    
       Thanks in advance.
    
       J Rogich
    
    
    
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| 132.1 | CSC32::ANNIN | Fri Oct 02 1987 17:15 | 1 | ||
| According to my names book, Jerome is from the Latin for miller | |||||
| 132.2 | CSC32::ANNIN | Fri Oct 02 1987 17:18 | 6 | ||
|     Oops, I blew it, its too late on Friday p.m. to be thinking I guess.
    Jerome is Latin for sacred or Holy name,
    Milo is Latin for miller.
    
    
    
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| 132.3 | NEURON::GLASER | Mon Oct 26 1987 11:27 | 1 | ||
| The babyname book I have also says Jerome means masculine. | |||||
| 132.4 | In France It's masculine... | FNYFS::VALLEPIN | Stay with us after the break... | Tue Oct 27 1987 01:51 | 4 | 
|     In France, where I live, as a matter of fact, JEROME means masculine.
    And it doesn't exist a feminine gender.
    
    Daniel (not Dan or Dany...)
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| 132.5 | confusion | KAOA05::LEWIS | Michael | Mon Jan 18 1988 13:31 | 9 | 
|     I'm afraid the only Jerome I've ever heard of is the name of the
    giraffe on the 'Friendly Giant' t.v. show I watched as a kid.
    Jerome is a very nice giraffe.  If your son had a chance to watch
    this show perhaps he would focus on Jerome over 'Jerry' and 'J.J.',
    eliminating some of his confusion.
    
    If he's really being confused, I'd be inclined to inform those
    concerned that "His name is Jerome, not Jerry or J.J.  Please stop
    confusing him.". 
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| 132.6 | jermone | NAMBE::PJENKINS | Wed Jan 18 1989 01:11 | 5 | |
|             HELLO  I think jermone is a pretty""^^
    
    
    
                P.Man {^*jenkins}
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