Geneviève name meaning

Gender: Girl
Origin: Germanic and German
Usage: French, Finnish, Swedish and Danish
Meaning: Jennifer, Race and Woman and People
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What does Geneviève mean?

Girl name Geneviève came from Germanic and German, meaning of Geneviève is "Jennifer, Race and Woman or People" is used in French, Swedish, Danish and Finnish. Also Geneviève is French equivalent of Genovefa.

Geneviève is celebrated on January 3rd.

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Variants of Geneviève

Genevote, Genoveva, Genovefa

Names that rhyme with Geneviève

How popular is the name Geneviève?

Geneviève is a very popular in France where over 186158 new-borns have been given the name since 1900. Presently the name is rising, in 1948, it ranked 19th when 5045 parents chose the moniker for their baby girls.

Additionally, the name has been in the top 50 baby names a whooping 59 times Geneviève is a rare baby name in Belgium and may not be used now. But Geneviève is a popular baby name in DR Congo where every 1 in 3000 have the name as well as in, Cameroon, Chad, Philippines, Ghana, Canada, Rwanda and Benin.

As per our research, over 330000 babies have been bestowed Geneviève around the globe.

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Geneviève in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands05215294
Sweden05926
Norway05926
Denmark0030

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Famous people named Geneviève

  • Geneviève de Galard, French nurse
  • Geneviève Laporte, French philanthropist, documentary filmmaker
  • Geneviève Ward, United Kingdom-based American-born Russian soprano and actress
  • Geneviève Duboscq, French author
  • Geneviève Page, French actress with a film career spanning fifty years
  • Geneviève de Fontenay, former chairman of the boards of Miss France and Miss Europe
  • Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, member of the French Resistance and served as president of ATD Quart Monde
  • Geneviève Brouillette, French Canadian television and film actress
  • Geneviève Cadieux, Canadian artist
  • Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
  • Geneviève Sorya, French stage and film actress
  • Geneviève Jeanson, former professional bicycle racer from Quebec
  • Geneviève Waïte, South African actress, singer and former model
  • Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu, French painter
  • Geneviève Guitel, French mathematician
  • Geneviève Castrée, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator
  • Geneviève Robic-Brunet, retired road racing cyclist from Canada

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