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Geralt

Quick answerThe name 'Geralt' is a variant of 'Gerald', meaning "ruler with the spear" from the Germanic elements *ger* ("spear") and *wald* ("rule").

Literature · Boy · 2 syllables

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Popularity & facts

Relative popularity index, 2010–2025
GenderBoy
US Rank#7,846
TrendStable
Peak year2022
Syllables2
OriginLiterature
LanguageLiterature
CultureLiterature
Letters6
Numerology9 Chaldean 9
Global rank#610

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Historical popularity from 1880–2025 · US Social Security Administration data

About the name Geralt

The name 'Geralt' is a variant of 'Gerald', meaning "ruler with the spear" from the Germanic elements *ger* ("spear") and *wald* ("rule").

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Etymology

The name 'Geralt' is a variant of 'Gerald', meaning "ruler with the spear" from the Germanic elements *ger* ("spear") and *wald* ("rule"). It is primarily used in Polish and other Slavic cultures, with notable historical context as the name of the protagonist in Andrzej Sapkowski's *The Witcher* series, though it has no strong religious association.

Geralt currently ranks #7,846 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2022.

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