Geraldine
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.
Full definition of Geraldine
Proper noun
Geraldine
(plural Geraldines)- .
- 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 1970. ISBN 0836936590 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.