Geri

Where Geri comes from

Shortening; compare Jerry from Gerald.
— Wiktionary's entry for Geri
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,809 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Geri Jewell born
    American actress and comedian
  3. 1957
    Geri Allen born
    American composer and jazz pianist
  4. 1958
    Peak, #500
    368 babies named Geri — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #823.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Geri Allen · American composer and jazz pianist, 1957–2017
  • Geri Jewell · American actress and comedian, born 1956
  • Geri Reischl · American actress, singer, born 1959
  • Geri Fitch · Canadian long-distance runner, born 1954
  • Geri Donnelly · association footballer, born 1965

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.