Meanings
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen; / Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
circa 1540 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description and praise of his love Geraldine1 more example
Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.
1936, George Weller, Clutch and Differential, Ayer, published 1970, →ISBN, page 196 - A town in South Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the FitzGerald family.
- A town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
- A small town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 杰拉爾丁
- 杰拉爾丁 (Jiélā'ěrdīng)female given name
Dutch Geralda
- Geraldafemale given name
French Géraldine
- Géraldinefemale given name
German Gerharda
- Gerhardafemale given name
Hindi गेराल्डिन
- गेराल्डिन (gerālḍin)female given name
Irish Gearóidín
- Gearóidínfemale given name
Italian Geraldina
- Geraldinafemale given name
Japanese ジェラルディン
- ジェラルディンfemale given name
Korean 제랄딘
- 제랄딘 (jeraldin)female given name
Polish Geraldyna
- Geraldynafemale given name
Portuguese Geraldina
- Geraldinafemale given name
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Cite this entry
Geraldine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geraldine
“Geraldine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geraldine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Geraldine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geraldine.
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