Girolama as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Girolama

What is the meaning of the name Girolama ?

The baby name Girolama is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced jee-ROH-lah-mah (IPA: /dʒiˈrɔ.la.ma/).

Girolama is Italian in Origin.

Girolama is the Italian feminine counterpart to Girolamo (Jerome), rooted in Greek Hierōnymos - hieros “sacred” + onoma “name” - via Latin Hieronymus. The sense “sacred name” reflects the reverence attached to Saint Jerome, whose scholarship popularized the name across Christian Europe.

Used in Italy from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance, Girolama appears in records of patrician families and convent communities; bearers include Girolama Orsini (16th‑century noblewoman) and Girolama Mazzarini (1608–1656), mother of the celebrated Mancini sisters at the French court. Today the name is rare in Italy, prized by some for its antique, learned character. Variant spellings include Gerolama; related forms abroad are Spanish and Portuguese Jerónima, Catalan Jerònima, Polish Hieronima, and the rare French Jérômine. Masculine counterparts are Girolamo/Gerolamo and Jerome/Jérôme.