# Geraint (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/geraint/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | “old man” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɛɹaɪnt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh Geraint, from Latin Gerontius, Latinized Greek for "old man," from Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 1,299 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,578 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Geraint

- Geraint Jones, English Cricketer (born 1976)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.