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Geraldine

American  
[jer-uhl-deen] / ˈdʒɛr əlˌdin /

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from Gerald.


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In her latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Kunis is police chief Geraldine Scott, a rational figure in the dark-comedy murder mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The former vice president worked with Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks to shape the memoir, which Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said reads “like a suspense novel.”

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Geraldine said looking after the walls was looking after the city's heritage.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Geraldine Henderson from Glasgow and Patricia Mundy from Leeds are among the thousands of tourists visiting Derry this week.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Shortly after the birth of my sister Imogene my mother died, leaving my father, George Myers, with seven children, two of them, Geraldine and Viola, from a previous marriage.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers