Genevieve

What Genevieve means

Possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Genevieve” (revision 93644072), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Genevieve?

US: Rising: up from #182 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #423 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1915, when 2,928 girls got the name (#76 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 811 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,052 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (6.65 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), DC (4.95 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Genevieve is #148 in the US and #478 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Genevieve were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jenevieve74 US
• Jenavieve20 US
• Genavieve6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Genevieve

Girls

• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Estelle#573“star”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Genevieve’s. Rank is US 2025.