Geraldine

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Germanic languages.
• town in South Canterbury (region) New Zealand (country), named after the FitzGerald family.
• town DeKalb County (county) Alabama (state) USA (country).
• small town Chouteau County (county) Montana (state) USA (country).

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the medieval FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland.

Origin

• Gerald + -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald.