Given name
Géraldine
“ruling with the spear”
Géraldine is a feminine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Géraldine goes back to a word meaning “ruling with the spear.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Géraldine is a feminine form of Gérald.
Géraldine’s family of names
In French usage, Géraldine has a diminutive in Gégé. In French usage, Géraldine is a feminine form of Gérald. In French usage, Géraldine has a conventional equivalent in the English form Geraldine.
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Around the world
Géraldine has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Géraldine
- Geraldine of AlbaniaQueen Consort of Albania1915–2002
- Géraldine PailhasFrench actress (born 1971)
- Géraldine NakacheFrench actress and directorborn 1980
- Géraldine ReutelerSwiss association football playerborn 1999
- Géraldine GoglyFrench singerborn 1946
- Geraldine RobertFrench basketball playerborn 1980
- Géraldine Di Tizio-FreySwiss sprinterborn 1997
- Géraldine SavarySwiss politician and journalistborn 1968
- Géraldine RuckstuhlSwiss heptathleteborn 1998
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