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Geraldine

See also: Géraldine

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Geraldine

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • circa 1540 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description and praise of his love Geraldine:
      Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen; / Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
    • 1936, George Weller, Clutch and Differential, Ayer, published 1970, →ISBN, page 196:
      Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.
  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.
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Adjective

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Geraldine (not comparable)

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

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Geraldine.

Proper noun

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Geraldine

  1. a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Geraldine.

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Proper noun

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Géraldíne (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English
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