Geraldo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Geraldo.

Proper noun

Geraldo (plural Geraldos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Geraldo is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Geraldo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (75.0%) and White (12.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Geraldo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾaw.du/ [ʒeˈɾaʊ̯.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾaw.du/ [ʒeˈɾaʊ̯.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾaw.do/ [ʒeˈɾaʊ̯.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾal.du/ [ʒɨˈɾaɫ.du]

• Hyphenation: Ge‧ral‧do

Proper noun

Geraldo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gerald

Related terms

• Geraldes

Spanish

Proper noun

Geraldo m

1. Gerald