Genessa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Genessa by the numbers

Genessa was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Genessa

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

  • Ginessafair and pure; a form of Guinevere7 in the US (2017)
  • Genesisorigin, beginning4,341 in the US (2017)
  • Genevajuniper tree; from the Swiss city or Genevieve170 in the US (2017)
  • Geneseebeautiful valley or great valley15 in the US (2017)
  • Genessis36 in the US (2017)
  • Genesys14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Genessa

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

  • Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)
  • Jennessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Genessa

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