Jeneva

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jeneva by the numbers

Jeneva was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 1926, making it a 1920s name.

What we can tell you about Jeneva

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

  • Jeevalife or living being7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janeva14 in the US (2017)
  • Jenevy5 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Jelenashining light; a form of Helen68 in the US (2017)
  • Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jeneva

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

  • Genevajuniper tree; from the Swiss city or Genevieve170 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jeneva

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