Geraldo

Where Geraldo comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Geraldo.

  • Vowel-ended
Geraldo through the years
  1. 1933
    Geraldo Majella Agnelo born
    Brazilian Cardinal
  2. 1943
    Geraldo Rivera born
    American attorney, journalist and talk show host
  3. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,668 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1988
    Peak, #890
    115 babies named Geraldo, the most in any year.
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,914.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Geraldo Rivera · American attorney, journalist and talk show host, born 1943
  • Geraldo Majella Agnelo · Brazilian Cardinal, 1933–2023
  • Geraldo Alves · Portuguese association footballer, born 1980
  • Geraldo João Martins · Politician from Guinea-Bissau
  • Geraldo Vandré · Brazilian musician, born 1935

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.