Meaning of the nameGeraldina

Female
Germanic origin
Ge-ral-di-na

Geraldina is a feminine name that the Morfemário groups with Geralda and Geraldino among the traditional names with the Germanic element Ger-, 'spear'.

Meaning

The meaning of Geraldina is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 8,537
Rank in Brazil: #1,907
Median age: 67 years
2010 Census: 11,798; people

Geraldina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Geraldina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,283 people).

8,486 women 51 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Geraldina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Geraldina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Pernambuco 0.009%
Paraíba 0.008%
Minas Gerais 0.007%
Goiás 0.007%
Piauí 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,497	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,453	0.007%
Pernambuco	778	0.009%
Bahia	725	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	496	0.003%
Goiás	459	0.007%
Paraná	393	0.003%
Paraíba	330	0.008%
Ceará	325	0.004%
Santa Catarina	219	0.003%
Espírito Santo	196	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	190	0.002%
Piauí	181	0.006%
Maranhão	162	0.002%
Alagoas	152	0.005%
Mato Grosso	144	0.004%
Pará	138	0.002%
Distrito Federal	126	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	121	0.004%
Amazonas	104	0.003%
Rondônia	90	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	80	0.002%
Sergipe	76	0.003%
Tocantins	66	0.004%
Roraima	19	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Geraldina

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Geraldina among the traditional names with the element Ger-, from Germanic gari-/geri-, 'spear', and describes the ending -ina as a Latin diminutive suffix. In Wiktionary, the Italian entry treats Geraldina as equivalent to Geraldine, which Behind the Name explains as a feminine form of Gerald, 'rule of the spear'; for the form used in Brazil, the exact derivation is not known for certain. Most people named Geraldina were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,537 people with this name, with a median age of 67; proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Geraldina (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Geraldine · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Gerald · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Geraldina

What does the name Geraldina mean?

The meaning of Geraldina is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Geraldina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,537 people with the first name Geraldina, which ranks it number 1,907 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Geraldina a boy's or a girl's name?

Geraldina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,486 women and 51 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Geraldina?

Geraldina is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Geraldina most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.009% of the state's population is named Geraldina (778 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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