Jeraldine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JER-al-deen
- Origin
- Germanic
Jeraldine is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jeraldine mean?
Germanic: variant of Geraldine, feminine of Gerald
“spear ruler”
Geraldine was popularised by the Earl of Surrey's 16th-century poems to 'the fair Geraldine', Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald.
Is Jeraldine a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeraldine is a girls' name.
How popular is Jeraldine in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1942, with 188 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Jeraldine in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeraldine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,819 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,506 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,163 |
| 1952 | 75 | #1,087 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 80 | #1,017 |
| 1949 | 103 | #861 |
| 1948 | 84 | #949 |
| 1947 | 102 | #869 |
| 1946 | 112 | #776 |
| 1945 | 101 | #741 |
| 1944 | 111 | #715 |
| 1943 | 174 | #573 |
| 1942 | 188 | #540 |
| 1941 | 127 | #628 |
| 1940 | 124 | #632 |
| 1939 | 159 | #526 |
| 1938 | 93 | #710 |
| 1937 | 83 | #746 |
| 1936 | 82 | #733 |
| 1935 | 86 | #723 |
| 1934 | 87 | #710 |
| 1933 | 72 | #780 |
| 1932 | 106 | #650 |
| 1931 | 89 | #708 |
| 1930 | 98 | #695 |
| 1929 | 68 | #861 |
| 1928 | 93 | #736 |
| 1927 | 99 | #723 |
| 1926 | 85 | #783 |
| 1925 | 70 | #885 |
| 1924 | 66 | #934 |
| 1923 | 76 | #838 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1921 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1920 | 53 | #1,021 |
| 1919 | 54 | #967 |
| 1918 | 54 | #977 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,298 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
Nicknames for Jeraldine
Names like Jeraldine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
June, Jane, Eloise, Elouise, Josephine, Alice, Charlotte, Maxine, Jacqueline, Louise, Bernadette, Elaine
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeraldine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeraldine, updated 20 October 2026.