Geralt
Boy · GHAIR-alt · Germanic
Geralt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear rule”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Geralt mean?
Germanic: form of Gerald, as in Welsh Gerallt
“spear rule”
Geralt of Rivia is the monster-hunting witcher of Andrzej Sapkowski's Polish fantasy novels and the Witcher video games.
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Is Geralt a girl's or a boy's name?
Geralt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Geralt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Geralt, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had fewer boys named Geralt than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Geralt in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Geralt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like Geralt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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