Genae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Genae by the numbers

Genae was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Genae

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Genae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Genahospitable or welcoming; a form of Gina7 in the US (2017)
  • Genie8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Genevejuniper tree; a respelling of Geneva or Genevieve5 in the US (2017)
  • Glenafrom the glen; a feminine form of glen4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Genna12 in the US (2017)
  • Geena8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Genae

Names that are said the same way as Genae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jeniahgod is gracious; form of jehovah or jane9 in the US (2017)
  • Jenae23 in the US (2017)
  • Jenaya8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Geonna12 in the US (2017)
  • Jenaiah7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jenayah7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Genae

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