# Geraldine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/geraldine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “one of the fitzgeralds” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Gerry, Geri, Gerri, Jeri, Jerri |
| Variant spellings | Jerilyn, Geraldyn |
| US babies named this | 212,097 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 748 / 211,349 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 223, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Gerald + -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald.

## 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.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 265 | 967 |
| 2012 | 254 | 995 |
| 2013 | 163 | 1,406 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,442 |
| 2015 | 130 | 1,648 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,583 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,637 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,713 |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,490 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,952 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,590 |
| 2022 | 131 | 1,617 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,599 |
| 2024 | 98 | 2,004 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,447 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | 3,905 |
| 1952 | 12 | 2,295 |
| 1953 | 10 | 2,597 |
| 1954 | 10 | 2,644 |
| 1955 | 12 | 2,352 |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,324 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,360 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,278 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,423 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,078 |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,849 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,861 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,698 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,272 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,306 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,487 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ջերալդինա
- Chinese: 杰拉爾丁
- Dutch: Geralda
- French: Géraldine
- Georgian: ჯერალდინი
- German: Gerharda
- Hindi: गेराल्डिन
- Irish: Gearóidín
- Italian: Geraldina
- Japanese: ジェラルディン
- Korean: 제랄딘
- Polish: Geraldyna
- Portuguese: Geraldina

## People named Geraldine

- Geraldine Page, American actress (1924–1987)
- Geraldine Chaplin, British-American actress
- Geraldine Ferraro, American politician (1935–2011)
- Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American journalist and author
- Geraldine Farrar, American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967)
- Geraldine James, British actress
- Geraldine McEwan, British actress (1932-2015)
- Geraldine Viswanathan, Australian actress
- Géraldine Pailhas, French actress (born 1971)
- Geraldine Beamish, English tennis player
- Geraldine Brooks, American actress (1925-1977)
- Géraldine Nakache, French actress and director

## 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.