Geraldine (name)

Geraldine

Pronunciation	/dʒɛrəlˈdiːn/ jerr-əl-DEEN
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French, Old German
Meaning	Spear Ruler
Other names
Related names	Gerald, Jerald, Jeraldine

Geraldine is the feminine form of the first name Gerald. Notable people with the name include:

• Geraldine Aves (1898–1986), British civil servant
• Geraldine Brannigan (born 1956), Irish singer
• Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944), American actress
• Geraldine Connor (1952–2011), British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer
• Geraldine L. Daniels (1933–2012), New York politician
• Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967), American opera soprano
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), United States congresswoman and 1984 vice presidential candidate
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005), Irish actress
• Geraldine Hakewill (born 1987), Australian actress
• Geri Halliwell (born 1972), former Spice Girl
• Geraldine James (born 1950), English actress
• Géraldine Martineau (born 1988), French actress
• Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951), British author
• Geraldine McEwan (1932–2015), English actress
• Geraldine Page (1924–1987), American actress
• Geraldine Roman (born 1967), Filipino journalist and politician
• Geraldine Somerville (born 1967), Irish actress
• Geraldine Viswanathan (born 1995), Australian actress

See also

• Geraldine (disambiguation)