Given name & surname
Geri
“one who rules with the spear”·“one who is flexible”
Geri is a variant of Geraldine. In German use, Geraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.” Geri is a variant of Geary. One English interpretation is “one who is flexible.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geri is a variant of Geraldine. In German use, Geraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.” Geri is a variant of Geary. One English interpretation is “one who is flexible.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Geri is a variant of Geary. An origin associated with Geary is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Geri is a diminutive of Geraldine. In Hungarian usage, Geri is a diminutive of Gergely.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Geri is a variant of Geraldine. The history of Geraldine gives this family its wider story. The Earl of Surrey created Geraldine in the sixteenth century in a poem praising Lady Fitzgerald. Geraldine remained little used for a time before becoming more established in the eighteenth century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Geri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,026
- 5 boys · 8,021 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 368 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 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 368 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,113 as a first name in 2020; 187 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.
Geri’s family of names
In English usage, Geri is a diminutive of Geraldine. In English usage, Geri has a related form in Jerry. In Italian usage, Geri has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gerald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Geri has relatives in 4 languages.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 Geri
- Geri AllenAmerican composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)
- Geri JewellAmerican actress and comedianborn 1956
- Geri ReischlAmerican actress, singerborn 1959
- Geri FitchCanadian long-distance runnerborn 1954
- Geri Donnellyassociation footballerborn 1965
- Geri HallCanadian actressborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Geri, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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