Given name & surname
Fitzgerald
“the son of Gerald”
Fitzgerald is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Gerald.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Gerald.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fitzgerald through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,941
- 1,941 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 56
- #2,427 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 56 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,427 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 125 in 1964. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,558 as a first name in 2020; 72,557 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fitzgerald’s family of names
Fitzgerald has a related form in Fytzgerald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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