Geraldine

“Variant of Gerald — Ruler with the spear” — Germanic (via Old French) origin

Girl's name · #2447 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Geraldine is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1931, when it ranked #38. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 211,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2447 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Geraldine's short forms are Jerry, Jeri, Gerri, Jerri, and Jerrie. Earlier generations knew Gerry and Geri — standards of the 1950s.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Geraldines

Geraldine Page — American actress (1924-1987)
Geraldine Chaplin — British-American actress
Geraldine Ferraro — American politician (1935–2011)
Geraldine Fitzgerald — Irish-American actress (1913–2005)
Geraldine Brooks — Australian-American journalist and author

In stories & tradition

Geraldine Jones — television character
Geraldine Granger — The Vicar of Dibley
Geraldine — An Artist's Model

What Geraldines become

Among 509 notable people named Geraldine:

Entertainers appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Geraldine Page, American actress (1924-1987).

Similar names: Roberta · Pauline · Dianna · Jayne · Joanne · Yvonne

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