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Name is female. Of Polish background. Sounds like Marilyn or Carolyn but with a G. Dad's name was Gerald. Unrelated per my parents. I was suspose to be a boy and named Michael. I came out a girl and my parents did not have a girls name. They told me they found it in a Christian/Catholic baby name book on a night stand in the hospital. I've only run across 2 or 3 spelled exactly the same way. Other ways I've seen it spelled is Gerilyn, or Geralynn, or Jerilyn, or Jeralynn. It is not Geraldine.
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http://www.monksofadoration.org/gerard.html
This probably explains why the name was in a catholic baby name book
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
http://www.monksofadoration.org/gerard.html
This probably explains why the name was in a catholic baby name book
A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold
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Either way, it's a modern name, so no biblical links ... I don't know why it would come up in a Catholic book as there isn't likely to be a St Geralyn ... maybe they just didn't think there was a Demon Geralyn either, so it was safe!
Gerald, made feminine by adding -lyn, is how it was done. Lyn, like Ann, was vey popular both as a first name, a middle name and a name element; as you say, Carolyn suddenly became a version of Caroline. I think it's a pretty name, nicer than Geraldine for sure, and much less common than Michelle or Michaela. Your parents did a good job!
Gerald, made feminine by adding -lyn, is how it was done. Lyn, like Ann, was vey popular both as a first name, a middle name and a name element; as you say, Carolyn suddenly became a version of Caroline. I think it's a pretty name, nicer than Geraldine for sure, and much less common than Michelle or Michaela. Your parents did a good job!
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And a meaning . . .
Geralyn gets two meanings - the meaning of 'Gerald' and the meaning of 'Lyn'.
Gerald: "rule of the spear" (Germanic)
Lyn: "lake" (Welsh)
They're not Biblical, but they *are* meanings.
Click on the links for more details :-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Geralyn gets two meanings - the meaning of 'Gerald' and the meaning of 'Lyn'.
Gerald: "rule of the spear" (Germanic)
Lyn: "lake" (Welsh)
They're not Biblical, but they *are* meanings.
Click on the links for more details :-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 10/28/2005, 1:15 AM
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