Geraldine

Geraldine

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Geraldine


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footnotes = The feminine form of the first name Gerald. Famous women named Geraldine include:

*United State Congresswoman Geraldine Anne Ferraro, 1984 Vice Presidential Candidate

*Geraldine Chaplin, actress
*Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress
*Geraldine Page, actress
*Geraldine McEwan, actress
*Geraldine James, actress
*Geraldine Somerville, actress
*Geraldine "Geri" Halliwell, pop star
*Geraldine Farrar, opera soprano
*Geraldine, a song by Glasvegas

"Geraldine" is an opera by Michael William Balfe

Geraldine can also be used to refer to the FitzGerald dynasty in medieval Ireland, who possessed the titles of the Earl of Kildare and Earl of Desmond.

The name of several places:
*Geraldine, New Zealand
*Two towns in the United States:
**Geraldine, Alabama
**Geraldine, Montana


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