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Gender Masculine
Usage Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Literature
Meaning & History
This given name is more or less a dutchization of the French name Jérôme. Also compare Jeroom, which is more common than Jerom in Flanders, while it is the other way around in the Netherlands.In Belgium (specifically Flanders) and the Netherlands, this name is best known for being the name of the strongman in the well-known Belgian comic strip Suske en Wiske, which is known as Spike and Suzy in the United Kingdom and as Willy and Wanda in the United States.