Geronimo (name)

Geronimo or Gerónimo is a masculine given name, the Italian and Spanish form of Jerome. Jerónimo is an alternative Spanish spelling of Gerónimo. It is also a surname.

People with the name include:

Given name

• Geronimo (1829–1909), Chiricahua Apache leader who fought the United States
• Gerônimo (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
• Geronimo (martyr) (1534–1569), Arab Christian martyr
• Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489–1531), Franciscan friar involved in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
• Geronimo Albertini, Catholic prelate and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1545–1548)
• Geronimo Allison (born 1994), American football player
• Gerónimo Barbadillo (born 1954), Peruvian retired footballer
• Gerónimo Beato (born 1995), Uruguayan footballer
• Gerónimo Berroa (born 1965), retired Major League Baseball player
• Geronimo de Bobadilla (1630–1709), Spanish painter
• Gerónimo Bortagaray (born 2000), Uruguayan footballer
• Gerónimo Boscana, (1776–1831) Spanish Franciscan missionary
• Geronimo Bruni (before 1660–after 1670), Italian painter
• Gerónimo Cafferata Marazzi (1929–1986), Peruvian Navy officer and government minister
• Gerónimo Castillón y Salas (1756–1835), Spanish bishop and last Grand Inquisitor of Spain
• Geronimo Cristobal (born 1986), Filipino writer
• Geronimo Cruz (1937–2022), Filipino basketball player
• Gerónimo del Campo (1902–1967), Spanish footballer
• Gerónimo de la Concepción (1642–1698), Spanish Carmelite and writer
• Geronimo B. de los Reyes Jr. (1936–2020), Filipino entrepreneur, philanthropist, and art collector
• Gerónimo Delgadillo (1900–1960), Mexican fencer
• Geronimo Dyogi (1949–2016), Filipino judoka
• Gerónimo Antonio de Ezquerra (c. 1660–1733), Spanish painter
• Geronimo Gerardi (1595–1648), Flemish artist
• Gerónimo Gil (born 1975), retired Major League Baseball player
• Gerónimo Giménez (1854–1923), Spanish conductor and composer
• Geronimo Goeloe (born 1981), Aruban sprinter
• Gerónimo Lluberas (1956–2003), Puerto Rican physician, humanitarian, writer and composer
• Gerónimo de Mendieta (1525–1604), Spanish Franciscan missionary and historian
• Geronimo Mercuriali (1530–1606), Italian philologist and physician
• Geronimo Meynier (born 1941), Italian retired film actor
• Gerónimo Ovelar (born 1951), Paraguayan footballer of the 1970s and '80s
• Gerónimo Peña (born 1967), retired Major League Baseball player
• Geronimo Peñalosa (born 1972), Filipino boxer
• Gerónimo Poblete (born 1993), Argentine footballer
• Geronimo Pratt (1947–2011), high-ranking member of the Black Panther Party
• Gerónimo Prisciantelli (born 1999), Argentine rugby union player
• Gerónimo Ramírez, mid-17th century Spanish painter
• Gerónimo Rivera (born 2003), Argentine footballer
• Gerónimo Rulli (born 1992), Argentine footballer
• Gerónimo Saccardi (1949–2002), Argentine footballer and manager
• Geronimo Saccheri (1667–1733), Italian mathematician
• Gerónimo Salguero (1774—1847), Argentine statesman and lawyer
• Gerónimo Vargas Aignasse (born 1970), Argentine politician
• Geronimo Villanueva (born 1978), Argentine-American planetary astronomer
• Geronimo Ybarra, 19th-century American politician

Surname

• César Gerónimo (born 1948), Dominican Major League Baseball player
• Clint Geronimo, Filipino politician
• Licerio Gerónimo (1855–1924), Filipino general
• Sarah Geronimo (born 1988), Filipina actress
• Vladimir Gerónimo (born 1978), Angolan basketball player

See also

• Geronimus (disambiguation), a list of people with the surname
• Hieronymus (disambiguation), a related Latin given name
• Jerome (disambiguation)