Geneviève
\ʒə.nə.vjɛv\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Pronunciation | \ʒə.nə.vjɛv\ |
| Compound names | Sainte-Geneviève |
Origin and meaning
From Medieval Latin Genovefa. * Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) + *wībą (“woman, wife”). * Perhaps of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *Genogʷībā (from *genos (“family”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- United States
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
Around the world
- GermanGenoveva
- EnglishGenevieve
- BretonJenovefa, Vefa
- GreekΓενοβέφα
- HungarianGenovéva
- ItalianGenoveffa
- Japaneseジュヌヴィエーヴ
- LatvianGenovefa
- LithuanianGenoveva
- OccitanGenevieva, Genevièia
- PolishGenowefa
- RussianЖеневьева
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Wikimedia Commons (France (Avignon)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).