Thinking of names? Complete 2021 information on the meaning of geraldine, its origin, history, pronunciation, popularity, variants and more as a baby girl name. Geraldine leigh chaplin (born july 31, 1944) [1][2] is an actress whose long career has included multilingual roles in english, spanish, french, italian, and german films.

The name geraldine has germanic origins, derived from the old german name gerald, which combines the elements ger meaning spear and wald meaning rule.