The baby name Geralt is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡɛralt/ (respelling: GER-alt; Polish pronunciation: [ˈgɛralt]).
Geralt is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Geralt is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡɛralt/ (respelling: GER-alt; Polish pronunciation: [ˈgɛralt]).
Geralt is Germanic in Origin.
Geralt is a modern literary given name, made famous by Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher saga. The form likely adapts the Germanic root ger ‘spear’ seen in Gerald/Gerold plus the -ald/-wald element ‘rule, power’, yielding the sense ‘spear-ruler’. Though not traditional in Polish, where the character originates, the name echoes medieval Germanic naming patterns and is commonly interpreted as a variant of Gerald.
Documented use was minimal before the 1990s; its visibility rose with the novels, video games, and the 2019 TV series, prompting occasional registrations in Poland, Europe, and North America. Variants and cognates include Gerald (English/German), Gérald (French), Gerold (Germanic), Geraldo (Spanish/Portuguese), and Latin Geraldus; related forms are Gerard/Gerardo (with -hard ‘brave’ rather than -wald). Nicknames often mirror Gerald’s, such as Gerry.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #298 | 6 | 5,122 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #326 | 10 | 6,459 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #406 | 3 | 11,440 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #520 | 7 | 12,621 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #563 | 3 | 10,162 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #876 | 17 | 7,044 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #923 | 29 | 5,873 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
Geralt is popular in 27 countries — most recent births per country:
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