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