Geno

A boys’ name of Italian/Greek origin, meaning well-born, noble; a diminutive form of Eugene or Eugenio.

Babies a year
56
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Geno by the numbers

Geno was given to 56 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 58 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Eugene

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

  • Eugenewell-born or noble-born274 in the US (2017)
  • Ewanyoung warrior; form of Euan or Eugene84 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Ginowell-born; a form of Eugenio143 in the US (2017)
  • Genewell-born, noble; a form of Eugene54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Geoearth; short form of george or geology16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Geno

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

  • Jeno6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean nobility

Like Geno, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
  • Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
  • Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
  • Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Geno

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