Given name
Gerie
“one who is flexible”
Gerie is a variant of Geary. One English interpretation is “one who is flexible.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gerie is a variant of Geary. One English interpretation is “one who is flexible.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gerie is a variant of Geary. An origin associated with Geary is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 7 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 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 128 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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