Origin of the name Geraldine:
Feminine form of Gerald, derived from the Germanic Gerward, a compound name composed from the elements ger (a spear) and wald (rule): hence, "spear ruler, to rule with a spear."
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My name is Geraldine. I was named after my dad's boss at the time I was born. Love my name but I don't like when young people say that's an old white woman's name. I also don't like when people say my name then they look up to see who it belongs to and they have a "I didn't expect that" look on their face. They expected a white person who is much older. Then they go into "YOU are Geraldine?" Emphasis on the you!
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Geri
Gera
Dinee
G.D.
G-Dine
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In Irish history, a member of the Fitzgerald clan was known as a "Geraldine".
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Geraldine Ferraro, United States congresswoman and 1984 Vice Presidential candidate
Geraldine Chaplin, actress
Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress
Geraldine Page, actress
Geraldine McEwan, actress
Geraldine James, actress
Geraldine Somerville, actress
Geri Halliwell, pop star
Geraldine Farrar, opera soprano
Geraldine Plunkett, Irish actress
Geraldine Kennedy, Irish journalist, politician & first female editor of The Irish Times Newspaper.
Geraldine Parsons, Irish academic
Geraldine Bazan, actress
Geraldine McCaughrean, author
Geraldine Brooks, author
Geraldine Harris, author
Geraldine James, author
Geraldine Lievesley, author
Geraldine A. Johnson, author
Geraldine Woods, author
Geraldine Mesenas, author- Geraldine in song, story & screen: | Edit
Geraldine (song), by Glasvegas
Geraldine (McQueen), a fictional singer, played by Peter Kay
Geraldine, an opera by Michael William Balfe
Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln (1527-1589), called 'Faire Geraldine" in the poetry of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Geraldine series such as Geraldine First and Merry Christmas Geraldine, children books by Holly Keller
My Darling Geraldine, book by Jane Carrick
The Flip Wilson had a popular character named Geraldine
Geraldine Jones was guest starring character on the popular '90s tv teen show Sister, Sister
Geraldine was a character on the UPN/CW Network show One on One
Geraldine is mentioned in the Schoolhouse Rock song "Interjections!" Though Geraldine played hard to get uh huh huh
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