MyNameRoots
Baby name
Geraldine
Girl
Origin of the name
Geraldine is the feminine of Gerald, a Germanic name meaning “ruling with the spear.”
Classic name
211,349births since 1880
1930sgeneration
No. 43rank at its peak, in 1930
Where babies named Geraldine are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Geraldine is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Geraldine is most common in Maine (1.8 times), Pennsylvania (1.6) and West Virginia (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Jeraldine 4,345
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.