Geordie

Where Geordie comes from

Diminutive of George + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Geordie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    Debut at its peak, #3,097
    #3,097 among boys with 8 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name George.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Georgia, Georgiana, Georgette, and Georgina.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.