# Genevieve (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/genevieve/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | “kin”, “family”, “woman”, “wife”, “clan” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɛn.ɪˌviːv/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gene, Gen, Gena, Genny |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 125,282 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 151 / 125,131 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,476, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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”).

## 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 | 1,366 | 232 |
| 2012 | 1,390 | 228 |
| 2013 | 1,465 | 218 |
| 2014 | 1,610 | 210 |
| 2015 | 1,780 | 182 |
| 2016 | 1,734 | 188 |
| 2017 | 1,666 | 183 |
| 2018 | 1,714 | 171 |
| 2019 | 1,722 | 168 |
| 2020 | 1,711 | 169 |
| 2021 | 1,841 | 154 |
| 2022 | 1,748 | 165 |
| 2023 | 1,752 | 165 |
| 2024 | 1,849 | 165 |
| 2025 | 1,981 | 148 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 | 4,476 |
| 1924 | 10 | 2,892 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,009 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,884 |
| 1927 | 6 | 3,936 |
| 1928 | 9 | 2,919 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,360 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,744 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,851 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,742 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,703 |
| 1942 | 8 | 2,791 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,617 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,463 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,183 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 509 |
| 2012 | 117 | 397 |
| 2013 | 93 | 450 |
| 2014 | 97 | 448 |
| 2015 | 104 | 423 |
| 2016 | 104 | 427 |
| 2017 | 90 | 486 |
| 2018 | 91 | 472 |
| 2019 | 92 | 458 |
| 2020 | 82 | 494 |
| 2021 | 89 | 476 |
| 2022 | 72 | 541 |
| 2023 | 77 | 510 |
| 2024 | 67 | 583 |
| 2025 | 83 | 478 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Genoveva
- Chinese: 日南斐法, 熱納維耶芙 /热纳维耶芙, 吉納維芙 /吉纳维芙, 金娜薇
- Czech: Jenovefa, Jenovéfa, Genovefa, Jenůfa
- Esperanto: Ĝenoveva
- Finnish: Geneviève (of Frenchwomen)
- French: Geneviève
- German: Genoveva
- Greek: Γενοβέφα, Γενεβιέβη
- Hungarian: Genovéva
- Indonesian: Geneveva
- Italian: Genoveffa
- Japanese: ジュヌヴィエーヴ
- Korean: 주느비에브
- Latin: Genovefa, Genoveva
- Latvian: Genovefa, Genovaitė
- Lithuanian: Genoveva
- Polish: Genowefa
- Portuguese: Genoveva
- Romanian: Genoveva
- Russian: Женевье́ва, Генове́фа

## People named Genevieve

- Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (born 1942)
- Geneviève Page, French actress (1927–2025)
- Genevieve Padalecki, American actress
- Geneviève Grad, French actress, singer, antique and cultural event manager (1944–2024)
- Genevieve Tobin, American actress (1899-1995)
- Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville, French scientist
- Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, French resistance member (1920-2002)
- Marie-Geneviève Bouliard, French artist (circa 1763–1825)
- Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress
- Genevieve Gaunt, Dutch-British actress
- Geneviève Lacasse, Canadian ice hockey player
- Geneviève Lalonde, Canadian middle- and long-distance runner

## 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.