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Geraldine meaning, origin, history

Name: Geraldine No. of characters: 9 Gender: GirlOrigin: English Old High German
How to pronounce Geraldine géra-ldi-ne What does my name mean?
Meanings: Mighty with a Spear Spear Ruler Ruler with the Spear English name, feminine form (meaning composition of "spear" and "rule"). Namesake: Geraldine Chaplin, American actress.

Geraldine was ranked 753 in 1989 list of US boys name and dropped by 4.87% from its previous ranking of 718 in 1988. Geraldine was ranked 841 in 2015 list of US girls name and dropped by 5.13% from its previous ranking of 800 in 2014.

Full form of Geraldine : Good-Natured Enterprising Religious Altruistic Lively Dependent Ingenious Noble Excitable

Geraldine is a rare first name for a girl in England & Wales which is a rare name since 1996 and ranked 4684 in 2014. Only 201 people have Geraldine as their first name. Geraldine is a very consistent name over the past 18 years.

Geraldine is a very very popular first name for a girl in United States which is popular since 1906 and ranked 841 (0.003231% bearer) in 2015 in US. Around 210865 people wear Geraldine as their first name. Geraldine is a rare first name for a boy in United States which is a rare name since 1880 and ranked 841 (0.003231% bearer) in 2015 in US. Only 210865 people have Geraldine as their first name. Geraldine is not a native United States and Geraldine may be came from another language or is a short form of some other name. 0.058986% of people in US have this given name.

Complete history of Geraldine
YearRankOccurence
Popular girl name in
1906153321
1907161344
1908157362
1909148444
1910141551
1911131627
1912121949
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Expression number of Geraldine is 3.

Geraldine are lively, imaginative, enthusiastic and optimistic. Geraldine are expressive and inspire others wherever they go. Geraldine possess great verbal skills which make them good comedian, artist or writer.
Names that rhyme with Geraldine Addine, Adine, Aldine, Aleaddine, Amandine, Amineddine, Amirdine, Ardine, Armandine, Audine, Azzeddine, Azzedine, Badreddine, Bahaddine, Bahaeddine, Berdine, Bernadine, Bernardine, Birdine, BlandineFamous people named Geraldine
Géraldine Ackmann, actress
Geraldine LiBrandi in Astoria as Actress
Geraldine McAlinden in Portrait of a Zombie as Actress
Géraldine Mangenot in De rouille et d'os as Editorial Department
Geraldine Dvorak in Nothing Ever Happens as Actress
Geraldine Barr in Happy Birthday as Writer
Géraldine Feraud-Miniconi in Les profs 2 as Miscellaneous Crew
Géraldine Maillet in After as Writer
Geraldine Farnum in Angel and the Badman as Actress
Geraldine Cole in Puffin Practice as Actress
Geraldine Fitzgerald in Under the Moon as Actress
Geraldine Chaplin, actress,writer
Geraldine Abbate, actress
Names like Geraldine Ger, Gera, Gerad, Geradette, Geradine, Gerado, Geraine, Geraint, Geral, Gerald, Geralda, Geraldean, Geraldeen, Geraldene, Geraldi, Geraldin, Geraldina, Geraldine, Geraldinne, GeraldoGeraldine Namesakes Comments :Geraldine or Géraldine is a female first name. Geraldine was originally an adjective for Irish surnames FitzGerald ( "son of Gerald "). As female first name he was first by the poet Henry Howard (1517-1547) used. Later, the name was inspired by the poem Christabel from Coleridge made ​​popular. The short form of Geraldine is Gerry. Famous bearers of the name are Geraldine Apponyi (1915-2002)- Albanian Queen, Geraldine Chaplin (1944)- American actress, Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967)- American opera singer, Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011)- US Congressman and first female vice president candidate, Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913-2005)- Irish-American actress. - Jon Boyster
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