Genea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Genea by the numbers

Its American peak was 112 babies in 1973, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Genea

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 Genea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Genevajuniper tree; from the Swiss city or Genevieve170 in the US (2017)
  • Genahospitable or welcoming; a form of Gina7 in the US (2017)
  • Genna12 in the US (2017)
  • Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
  • Glendafair and good; from glen and da24 in the US (2017)
  • Gelenatorch or shining light; a form of Helen11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Genea

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

  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Jennahgod is gracious; variant of Jeanne or Jennifer51 in the US (2017)
  • Jeanaa form of jean; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
  • Jeannaa form of jeanne; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
  • Jena40 in the US (2017)
  • Geanna10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Genea

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