Given name & surname
Geron
“a guardian”
Geron is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a guardian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a guardian.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
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
Geron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 377
- 377 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 17 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 boys is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 378 as a first name in 2020; 525 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.
Geron’s family of names
Geron has a related form in Garron. Geron has a related form in Geran. Geron has a related form in Geren.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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