Gene
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning well-born, noble; a form of Eugene.
Gene by the numbers
In 2025, 54 babies in England and Wales were named Gene. In the US, 86 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 3,166 babies in 1937, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Eugene
Like Gene, each of these traces back to Eugene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Genowell-born, noble; a diminutive form of Eugene or Eugenio56 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Gene
Names that are said the same way as Gene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Gene, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gene
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