Genevieve Forename
3,446th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 303,269 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Genevieve Forename Definition:
A female name. French Geneviève from Celtic Genovefa; the first element is genos ‘race’, the second is doubtful. Ste Geneviève, b. 422 at Nanterre, is the patron saint of Paris, and the name is a favourite one in France. It was sometimes used in England in the 19th C (e.
Read More About This ForenameGenevieve Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 77,545 | 1:857 | 174 |
| United States | 100% | 59,901 | 1:6,052 | 805 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 33,327 | 1:2,215 | 361 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 22,730 | 1:951 | 183 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,573 | 1:5,708 | 927 |
| Canada | 100% | 13,260 | 1:2,499 | 486 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,844 | 1:2,489 | 397 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,534 | 1:1,109 | 254 |
| Rwanda | - | 5,801 | 1:1,960 | 427 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,788 | 1:1,985 | 449 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 4,509 | 1:5,118 | 584 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,893 | 1:3,493 | 514 |
| Australia | - | 3,759 | 1:3,633 | 558 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,382 | 1:16,124 | 2,396 |
| England | 100% | 3,246 | 1:17,130 | 1,142 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,055 | 1:58,123 | 4,008 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,938 | 1:6,256 | 766 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Guinea | - | 1,041 | 1:11,392 | 754 |
| Haiti | 100% | 934 | 1:11,485 | 1,176 |
| Senegal | 100% | 743 | 1:19,625 | 1,185 |
| India | 100% | 742 | 1:1,637,302 | 91,379 |
| Morocco | - | 628 | 1:54,695 | 2,204 |
| New Zealand | - | 562 | 1:8,071 | 933 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 502 | 1:33,669 | 2,663 |
| Jamaica | - | 466 | 1:6,187 | 882 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 437 | 1:69,679 | 5,324 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Mauritius | - | 385 | 1:3,371 | 596 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 348 | 1:23,426 | 2,323 |
| Thailand | 100% | 343 | 1:204,274 | 13,361 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Germany | 100% | 312 | 1:309,865 | 3,976 |
| Ireland | 100% | 308 | 1:15,076 | 880 |
| French Polynesia | - | 281 | 1:989 | 223 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 265 | 1:5,137 | 884 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 234 | 1:1,155 | 258 |
| Guyana | 100% | 224 | 1:3,407 | 651 |
| Singapore | 100% | 219 | 1:28,708 | 5,824 |
| Brazil | 100% | 218 | 1:982,735 | 25,961 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 204 | 1:17,403 | 858 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 198 | 1:52,683 | 3,457 |
| Uganda | 100% | 197 | 1:207,903 | 7,073 |
| Kenya | 100% | 186 | 1:248,963 | 9,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 184 | 1:540 | 52 |
| Liberia | 100% | 184 | 1:23,979 | 1,590 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 165 | 1:49,779 | 2,197 |
| Scotland | 100% | 161 | 1:33,232 | 1,268 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Namibia | - | 134 | 1:17,942 | 1,702 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 106 | 1:17,388 | 933 |
| Congo | 100% | 100 | 1:50,092 | 3,789 |
| Bahamas | - | 98 | 1:4,075 | 698 |
| Mexico | 100% | 94 | 1:1,320,685 | 9,453 |
| Italy | 100% | 93 | 1:656,582 | 6,465 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 92 | 1:1,193 | 242 |
| Spain | 100% | 87 | 1:534,827 | 6,567 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 86 | 1:2,068 | 380 |
| Belize | 100% | 77 | 1:4,601 | 949 |
| Wales | 95% | 71 | 1:43,582 | 1,627 |
| Zambia | - | 68 | 1:233,159 | 7,599 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 55 | 1:280,433 | 15,316 |
| Burundi | - | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Hong Kong | - | 46 | 1:168,538 | 3,144 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Israel | 100% | 44 | 1:190,975 | 6,053 |
| Chile | 100% | 43 | 1:409,470 | 5,414 |
| Sweden | 100% | 43 | 1:229,254 | 7,631 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 42 | 1:719,093 | 17,180 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Panama | 100% | 37 | 1:105,583 | 5,133 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Norway | 100% | 30 | 1:171,078 | 4,535 |
| Austria | 100% | 24 | 1:354,758 | 3,899 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 23 | 1:275 | 66 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Greece | 100% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Peru | 93% | 17 | 1:1,870,086 | 19,702 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Ecuador | - | 15 | 1:1,181,795 | 8,518 |
| Russia | 100% | 14 | 1:10,302,407 | 38,919 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Czechia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7 | 1:36,851,953 | 740,105 |
| Niger | 100% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Colombia | 50% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Finland | 67% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Geneviève (18,112), Geneviéve (150), Genevievé (31), Genévieve (23), Génevieve (14), Genèvieve (4), Geneviëve (3), Geneviêve (2), Gènevieve (1), Genevìeve (1), Géneviève (25), Genéviève (22), Génévieve (15), Gèneviève (7), Genèviève (4), Genevìève (2), Géneviëve (1), Genéviéve (1), Gènèvieve (1), Généviève (1,160), Gènèviève (7), Génèviève (3) & Généviéve (1) are calculated separately.
Genevieve (13,240) may also be a surname.
Genevieve Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French Geneviève from Celtic Genovefa; the first element is genos ‘race’, the second is doubtful. Ste Geneviève, b. 422 at Nanterre, is the patron saint of Paris, and the name is a favourite one in France. It was sometimes used in England in the 19th C (e.g. the actress Genevieve Ward).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Celtic name, meaning: White wave.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Genevieve Forename Popularity
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Genevieve Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 60 (1901)
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