Given name
Jeralyn
“one who rules with the spear”
Jeralyn is a variant of Jeraldine. In English use, Jeraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeralyn is a variant of Jeraldine. In English use, Jeraldine 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 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jeralyn connects to the Geraldine name family through Jeraldine. 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
Jeralyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,334
- 0 boys · 1,334 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,948 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,948 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,160 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.
Jeralyn’s family of names
Jeralyn has a related form in Jeraldine.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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