English Explanatory Dictionary

Geraldine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A town in South Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the FitzGerald family.
  3. A town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
  4. A small town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the medieval FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland.

Word forms

Geraldine

Etymology

From 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.

Related words

Jerilyn Geri Gerri Jeri Jerri
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