Genevive

A girls’ name of Modern American origin, meaning of the tribe of women; an invented spelling of Genevieve.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Genevive by the numbers

Genevive was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 1923, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Genevieve

Like Genevive, each of these traces back to Genevieve: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Jennyfair one; diminutive of Jennifer or Genevieve259 in the US (2017)
  • Jenevievewoman of the race; a variant of Genevieve60 in the US (2017)
  • Jenavievewoman of the race; a variant of Genevieve42 in the US (2017)
  • Gennavievewoman of the race; a form of Geneviève5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Genevievewoman of the race or tribe1,653 in the US (2017)
  • Genevie34 in the US (2017)
  • Genavieveof the race of women; respelling of Genevieve22 in the US (2017)
  • Genevejuniper tree; a respelling of Geneva or Genevieve5 in the US (2017)
  • Gwenevievevariant of Genevieve, meaning woman of the race5 in the US (2017)
  • Gweneverefair one; variant spelling of Guinevere52 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Genevive

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