Given name
Gerika
“one who rules with the spear”
Gerika is a variant of Geraldine. In German use, Geraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gerika is a variant of Geraldine. In German use, Geraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Gerika 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
Gerika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 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 6 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1988.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerika’s family of names
Gerika has a related form in Geraldine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Gerika, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Aleasha
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>99% girls
Porscha
“piglike woman; an offering”
>99% girls
Jinna
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Cedrina
“one who is kind and loved”
>99% girls