The first name Gennady
A boy’s name.
3 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Russian Генна́дий (Gennádij).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Gennady at birth, 1880–2025
In 2022, 8 boys born in the United States were named Gennady, the 9,275th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2018, when 22 were.
83
babies named Gennady since 1880
#9,275
rank in 2022
2018
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Gennady
20 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gennady ZyuganovGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, born 1944
- Gennady GaguliaAbkhazian politician (1948-2018)
- Gennady KorotkevichBelarusian competitive programmer, born 1994
- Gennady GarbuzovBoxer, 1930–2009
- Gennady TumilovichBelarusian footballer (born 1971)
- Gennady OnishchenkoChief Sanitary Inspector of Russia, born 1950
- Gennadiy AygiChuvash poet, writer, and translator (1934-2006)
- Gary VaynerchukBelarusian-American entrepreneur and investor, born 1975
- Gennadius of Massilia5th-century Christian priest and historian, died 496
- Gennadi SosonkoDutch chess player and coach, born 1943
- Hyenadz Navitski5th Prime Minister of Belarus 2001–2003
- Gennadi VolnovBasketball player (1939–2008)
Questions
- What does the name Gennady mean?
- Transliteration of Russian Генна́дий (Gennádij).
- When was Gennady most popular?
- 2018 in the United States, when 22 babies were named Gennady, its highest rank at 4,517th.