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Genevieve

Pronounced /ˈdʒɛn.ɪˌviːv/

Rank in 2024
#165
Born in 2024
1,835
Peak year
1918 · #81
Origin
French

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,835 girls were named Genevieve, about 1 in every 879.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 3,304 babies, ranked #81.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 123,119 girls have been named Genevieve since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Genevieve per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 2.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.8
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 1.0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 49,153 babies, 2.40 per 1,000. Silent: 16,398 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,354 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,255 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,405 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,578 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 20,564 babies, 1.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from French Geneviève (patron saint of Paris), from Latin Genovefa, Genoveva, possibly either of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) +‎ *wībą (“woman, wife”), or of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *genos (“family, clan”).

  • A female given name from French.
Origin
French
Say it
/ˈdʒɛn.ɪˌviːv/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Genevieve, CC BY-SA 4.0.