Spear ruler with a lake
A modern American blend likely combining Jeri (a diminutive of Geraldine, meaning spear ruler) with the popular suffix -lyn (meaning lake). It represents a mid-20th-century trend of creating melodic, feminine variations of established Germanic names.
Less common today
Jeralyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,825 in 1998.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
