Geri (given name) explained

Geri is a feminine given name and a shorter form (hypocorism) of the given name Geraldine. It is also an alternative spelling of the masculine given name Jerry.

People

Notable people with the name include:

• Geri Allen (1957–2017), American jazz pianist and music producer
• Geri Çipi (born 1976), Albanian football defender
• Geri Donnelly (born 1965), Canadian association football midfielder
• Geri Doran (born 1966), American academic
• Geri Evans (1940–2018), American politician and teacher
• Geri Hall (born 1972), Canadian actress and comedian
• Geri Halliwell (born 1972), English singer and songwriter, member of the Spice Girls
• Geri Hoo (1939–2007), American actress
• Geri Huser (born 1963), American politician
• Geri Jewell (born 1956), American actress
• Geri M. Joseph (1923–2023), American journalist, academic and political figure
• Geri Larkin, American Buddhist
• Geri Malaj (born 1989), Albanian footballer
• Geri Mandagi (born 1988), Indonesian football goalkeeper
• Geri Maye, Irish presenter on radio and television
• Geri McGee (1936–1982), American model and socialite
• Geri Palast, Managing Director of the Israel Action Network
• Geri-Lynn Ramsay (born 1988), Canadian curler
• Geri Reischl (born 1959), American actress and singer
• Geri Lynch Tomich (born 1964), American synchronized figure skating coach
• Geri Coleman Tucker, American journalist
• Geri Ward, American artist
• Geri Winkler (born 1956), Austrian mountaineer
• Geri X (born 1989), Bulgarian-born singer-songwriter

Fictional characters

• Geri, an old man character from the 1997 Disney/Pixar animated short film Geri's Game and the 1999 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story 2 as the Cleaner
• Geri Evans (Family Affairs) from the British soap opera Family Affairs
• Geri Hudson from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks