Genese
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Genese by the numbers
Its American peak was 101 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Genese
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 Genese. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Geneseebeautiful valley or great valley15 in the US (2017)
- Genevejuniper tree; a respelling of Geneva or Genevieve5 in the US (2017)
- Genesisorigin, beginning4,341 in the US (2017)
- Genevajuniper tree; from the Swiss city or Genevieve170 in the US (2017)
- Gunessun4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Genevie34 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Genese
Names that are said the same way as Genese, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jenise17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Genese
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