At a Glance
- Meaning
- A FitzGerald-inspired coinage, later treated as Gerald's feminine form
- Origin
- English (literary, linked to Gerald)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- JAIR-əl-deen
Geraldine is an English (literary, linked to Gerald) girl's name meaning “a FitzGerald-inspired coinage, later treated as Gerald's feminine form”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Geraldine
Meaning: A FitzGerald-inspired coinage, later treated as Gerald's feminine form.
Origin: English (literary, linked to Gerald).
A common claim: Geraldine means 'spear ruler,' as the feminine form of Gerald Actually: Geraldine didn't start out as simply 'the feminine form of Gerald' — it began around 1540 as a poet's invented name honoring a lady of the FitzGerald family, and only later came to be treated as Gerald's feminine counterpart.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Geraldine
JAIR-əl-deenIPA /ˈdʒɛrəldiːn/
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