Genie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Genie by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Genie. In the US, 5 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 69 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Genie
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 Genie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Genie
Names that are said the same way as Genie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jennyfair one; diminutive of Jennifer or Genevieve259 in the US (2017)
- Jenniegod is gracious; a form of Jane9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jeanniegod is gracious; a diminutive of Jean or Jeanne26 in the US (2017)
- Jenniwhite wave; a form of Jennifer21 in the US (2017)
- Jeaniegod is gracious; a form of jean or jeannette18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jenifair one; a form of Jenny or Jennifer
Names about as common as Genie
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