Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 Geralda
/zheh · RAL · dah/
Meaning
“Spear”
Feminine form of Gerald, from Germanic 'ger' (spear) and 'wald' (rule); used across Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa through the mid-20th century.
Nicknames
geral
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Vintage in feel; a grandmother's name in Brazil today.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1940s through 1960s; extremely rare for newborns now.