{"id":18870,"date":"2025-02-15T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:30:03","slug":"geraldine-bible-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/geraldine-bible-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine no est\u00e1 en la Biblia: un poeta lo invent\u00f3 en 1537"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Geraldine is not in the Bible, and it is younger than most people guess. A poet made it up in 1537. Henry Howard wrote a sonnet in praise of Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald and called her The Geraldine \u2014 taking her family name and turning it into a title. The title became a name, and it has been given to daughters ever since. What does the name Geraldine mean? It is the feminine of Gerald, which is Germanic: ger, a spear,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraldine is not in the Bible. A poet coined it in 1537, from a Germanic root meaning spear-ruler \u2014 and Isaiah beats spears into pruning hooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11551,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/brianna-biblical-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":18870,"position":0},"title":"Brianna Is Not in the Bible \u2014 and Its Meaning Is Not Settled","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Brianna is not in the Bible and its root is uncertain \u2014 \"noble\" is a later smoothing. 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