Given name
Gerardine
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Gerardine is a feminine form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gerardine carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.” Gerardine is a feminine form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Gerardine is used as a feminine counterpart of Gerard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerardine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 154
- 0 boys · 154 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 14 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 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 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.
Gerardine’s family of names
Gerardine is a feminine form of Gerard. Gerardine has a related form in Gerarda. Gerardine has a related form in Gerardina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
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 Gerardine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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