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Geraldine

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

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from Gerald.


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Geraldine Weiss, the newsletter’s late founding editor, based her investment strategy on dividends because “a clever accountant can make earnings appear good or not so good, depending on the season or the objective,” she wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

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

Besides Adler, those detained included three other Californians: internet celebrity Tommy Marcus, who is based in the Los Angeles area; Geraldine Ramirez, from Cathedral City in the Coachella Valley; and Logan Hollarsmith, of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 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

Mama had sometimes worked in the garment center, and so did my sister Geraldine.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers