Genesis Forename
9,560th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 107,238 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela
Genesis Forename Definition:
Jen'-e-sis, generation. The first book of Moses.
Read More About This ForenameGenesis Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 100% | 44,232 | 1:683 | 90 |
| Philippines | 87% | 13,263 | 1:7,993 | 1,156 |
| Ecuador | - | 8,657 | 1:2,048 | 327 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 8,186 | 1:21,691 | 2,150 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,451 | 1:3,965 | 668 |
| Chile | 99% | 4,320 | 1:4,076 | 454 |
| Mexico | 94% | 4,295 | 1:28,904 | 1,471 |
| United States | 93% | 3,192 | 1:113,577 | 4,848 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,855 | 1:75,039 | 4,623 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,872 | 1:2,087 | 414 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,581 | 1:6,598 | 891 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,396 | 1:12,258 | 1,281 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 1,059 | 1:4,502 | 597 |
| Peru | 89% | 743 | 1:42,788 | 2,357 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Zambia | - | 538 | 1:29,470 | 2,226 |
| Liberia | 95% | 423 | 1:10,430 | 939 |
| Indonesia | - | 406 | 1:635,378 | 44,723 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 353 | 1:30,032 | 1,661 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 324 | 1:10,958 | 697 |
| Spain | 94% | 304 | 1:153,059 | 3,585 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 295 | 1:20,401 | 1,536 |
| Uganda | 81% | 287 | 1:142,707 | 5,686 |
| Zimbabwe | 57% | 265 | 1:58,203 | 4,850 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 215 | 1:37,918 | 3,717 |
| Honduras | 100% | 208 | 1:42,392 | 2,086 |
| South Africa | 89% | 191 | 1:285,511 | 16,410 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 167 | 1:933 | 277 |
| Guatemala | 91% | 147 | 1:109,581 | 2,304 |
| India | 54% | 124 | 1:9,797,403 | 296,614 |
| Colombia | 100% | 107 | 1:446,532 | 7,286 |
| Canada | 100% | 100 | 1:331,334 | 10,221 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 83 | 1:6,999 | 770 |
| England | 100% | 68 | 1:817,690 | 14,639 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 63 | 1:268,287 | 8,818 |
| Malaysia | 78% | 53 | 1:574,527 | 24,020 |
| Tanzania | 90% | 48 | 1:1,099,757 | 20,329 |
| Thailand | 71% | 43 | 1:1,629,438 | 49,421 |
| El Salvador | - | 33 | 1:192,175 | 2,810 |
| Kenya | 75% | 33 | 1:1,403,246 | 19,774 |
| Australia | - | 24 | 1:569,068 | 8,566 |
| Singapore | 83% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Belize | 100% | 22 | 1:16,105 | 2,014 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 17 | 1:425,694 | 4,581 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Argentina | 50% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Italy | 73% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Sweden | 71% | 8 | 1:1,232,238 | 22,791 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| France | 100% | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Poland | 75% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Finland | 75% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Norway | 100% | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Germany | 71% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Génesis (284), Gênesis (46), Gènesis (12), Genésis (2) & Génésis (2) are calculated separately.
Genesis (7,113) may also be a surname.
Genesis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Jen'-e-sis, generation. The first book of Moses.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: generation: beginning.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis 'generation, nativity,' in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis 'origin, creation, generation,' from gignesthai 'to be born,' related to genos 'race, birth, descent'.
- Online Etymology Dictionary- cgroenewald
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