# Geneva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/geneva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “knee” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 89,067 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 309 / 88,758 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 98, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 157 | 1,443 |
| 2012 | 185 | 1,288 |
| 2013 | 158 | 1,432 |
| 2014 | 170 | 1,369 |
| 2015 | 203 | 1,220 |
| 2016 | 195 | 1,254 |
| 2017 | 173 | 1,343 |
| 2018 | 160 | 1,400 |
| 2019 | 160 | 1,407 |
| 2020 | 152 | 1,434 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,589 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,492 |
| 2023 | 139 | 1,537 |
| 2024 | 131 | 1,602 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,657 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 9 | 2,614 |
| 1934 | 12 | 2,168 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,741 |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,565 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,545 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,250 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,551 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,281 |
| 1942 | 8 | 2,790 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,716 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,488 |
| 1947 | 6 | 3,493 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,892 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,669 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,342 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جِنِيف
- Armenian: Ժնեւ
- Bulgarian: Жене́ва
- Catalan: Ginebra, Geneva
- Chinese: 日內瓦 /日内瓦
- Czech: Ženeva
- Danish: Geneve, Genève
- Dutch: Genève
- Esperanto: Ĝenevo
- Estonian: Genf, Genfi
- Finnish: Geneve
- French: Genève
- Georgian: ჟენევა
- German: Genf
- Greek: Γενεύη
- Hebrew: גֶ׳נֶבָה
- Hindi: जेनेवा, जनीवा
- Hungarian: Genf
- Icelandic: Genf
- Indonesian: Jenewa

## People named Geneva

- Geneva Mitchell, American actress (1907-1949)
- Gene Stratton-Porter, American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.