The first name Géraldine

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About the first name Géraldine

Meaning

The name Géraldine is a form related to Gérald and shares its traditional meaning: “rule of the spear” or “one who rules with the spear”.

Historical origin

Géraldine belongs to the same name family as Gérald. The name Gérald comes from Germanic Gerwald, formed from ger “spear” and wald “to rule”.

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In archival records, Géraldine may coexist with Gérald or other spellings from the same name family, so variants are worth considering in genealogical research.

Pronunciation:jé-ral-dinʒeʁald.in

Frequency of the first name Géraldine by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Géraldine by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name GéraldineLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Géraldine in baptisms by year.5037251201795182918631897193119651795–1799 4 baptisms1835–1839 4 baptisms1840–1844 16 baptisms1845–1849 20 baptisms1850–1854 32 baptisms1860–1864 8 baptisms1880–1884 4 baptisms1890–1894 4 baptisms1895–1899 4 baptisms1900–1904 12 baptisms1905–1909 4 baptisms1910–1914 8 baptisms1915–1919 12 baptisms1920–1924 12 baptisms1925–1929 16 baptisms1930–1934 16 baptisms1935–1939 12 baptisms1940–1944 4 baptisms1945–1949 8 baptisms1950–1954 16 baptisms1955–1959 4 baptisms1960–1964 4 baptisms1965–1969 4 baptisms

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