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The usage of "Dutch (Archaic)" should be changed to "Dutch (Rare)", as Hieronymus is far from obsolete in the Dutch-speaking world. There are still hundreds of Dutch and Flemish men who have the name as an official name on their birth certificate; it's just that the majority of them go by a different, more informal name in daily life (such as Harry, Jeroen and Ron). In that regard, Hieronymus is similar to names like Adrianus and Franciscus, which are also primarily used on birth certificates rather than in daily life (and you made sure to mention that in their entries).
Sources:
• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Hieronymus (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Hieronymus&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Hieronymus&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://www.facebook.com/search/people?q=hieronymus
• obituary of Hieronymus "Harrie" de Vries (1952-2014): https://www.mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-petrus-%28harrie%29-de-vries-119954 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Harry" Wijnbergen (1935-2019): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-maria-(harry)-wijnbergen-674445 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Jeroen" Zwagemakers (c. 1953-2010): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/ir.-alphonsus-hieronymus-antonius-(jeroen)-zwagemakers-20198 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Ron" Teuben (1929-2013): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-johannes-cornelis-(ron)-teuben-55438 (in Dutch)
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Sources:
• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Hieronymus (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Hieronymus&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Hieronymus&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://www.facebook.com/search/people?q=hieronymus
• obituary of Hieronymus "Harrie" de Vries (1952-2014): https://www.mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-petrus-%28harrie%29-de-vries-119954 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Harry" Wijnbergen (1935-2019): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-maria-(harry)-wijnbergen-674445 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Jeroen" Zwagemakers (c. 1953-2010): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/ir.-alphonsus-hieronymus-antonius-(jeroen)-zwagemakers-20198 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Hieronymus "Ron" Teuben (1929-2013): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/hieronymus-johannes-cornelis-(ron)-teuben-55438 (in Dutch)
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I think Bosch is interesting. His depictions of hell are startling.
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This name is not really used anymore in the Netherlands. The modern form, Jeroen is more common.
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Hieronymus Lex is the Imperial City Watch Captain in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and a major antagonist in the Thieves' Guild questline.
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Pronounced: hyeh-RAW-nuy-muws (German), hee-yeh-RAW-nee-muys (Dutch), hə-RAHN-i-məs (English), hee-eh-RO-nee-moos (Classical Latin)
A famous bearer of this name was a 15th-century Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell such as 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (1503–1515), Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516).
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A famous bearer of this name was a 15th-century Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell such as 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (1503–1515), Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516).
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Today while driving through Decatur, Illinois, I saw a "Hieronymus Mueller Museum", and that name stuck in my mind, so I looked up him and his name. Hieronymus Mueller was an inventor and businessman much associated with Decatur, IL - he was born in Wertheim, Germany, in 1832, but moved to the U.S. in the upheaval that filled Germany in the following decade.
He had seven children, and his and his sons' inventions included the "Mueller Water Tapper" ("still, with minor modifications, the standard of the industry" says the museum's website, though I can't tell *which* industry), water-pressure regulators (more than one apparently), new faucet designs, the first sanitary drinking fountain), a roller skate design, and a bicycle kick-stand. (Yeah, I think the website was listing these in reverse order of fun-ness.)
I highly doubt he's famous in the world at large, but I guess he's one of Central Illinois's very few notable things (besides the famously average town of Peoria, the famously Amish town of Arthur, and the famously weird Mad Gasser of Mattoon). We've got to take what we can get.
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He had seven children, and his and his sons' inventions included the "Mueller Water Tapper" ("still, with minor modifications, the standard of the industry" says the museum's website, though I can't tell *which* industry), water-pressure regulators (more than one apparently), new faucet designs, the first sanitary drinking fountain), a roller skate design, and a bicycle kick-stand. (Yeah, I think the website was listing these in reverse order of fun-ness.)
I highly doubt he's famous in the world at large, but I guess he's one of Central Illinois's very few notable things (besides the famously average town of Peoria, the famously Amish town of Arthur, and the famously weird Mad Gasser of Mattoon). We've got to take what we can get.
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Sounds too close to "anonymous".
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There is a female form of this name: Hieronyma.
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In the TV series "Lost," this is the middle name of the character Charlie Pace.
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The German pronunciation is hee-RO-nee-muws. [noted -ed]
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What a mouthful. Poor kid.
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Hieronymus Bosch (1450 - 1516) is a widely celebrated Dutch painter (from the small town s'Hertogenbosch, from which he adopted his surname). His art is considered late Gothic - early Renaissance. Overwhelmingly religious in theme, his works are imaginative, symbolic in nature and often disturbing. Bosch had a truly unique artistic vision.
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Hieronymus Bosch's real name was Jerome van Aken. He personally spelt Hieronymus as 'Jheronimus'.
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This is pronounced "Heer-row-num-us." In the Roman Catholic Church, he was one of the great Fathers who translated scriptures from Greek and Hebrew to Latin.
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In Dutch, Hieronymus is pronounced as:
/ɦi.'ro:.ni.mʏs/
Rarely, people will put the stress on the third syllable instead:
/ɦi.ro:.'ni.mʏs/
Source: https://nl.forvo.com/search/Hieronymus/nl/ (in Dutch)