Given name
Gerardina
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Gerardina is a variant of Gerardine. In English use, Gerardine carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gerardina is a variant of Gerardine. In English use, Gerardine carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gerardina connects to the Gerard name family through Gerardine. An origin associated with Gerard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerardina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerardina’s family of names
Gerardina has a related form in Gerardine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerardina
- Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzenpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1826–1895)
- Gerardina TrovatoItalian singerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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