Name meaning & stats
Geri
Geri means “rule of the spear” (Germanic origin). 7,763 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.
What it means
“rule of the spear”
GermanicPet form of Geraldine
In US birth records
Peak year: 1958
7,763 US babies were named Geri between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Geri (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 55% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1958)