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Genevieve
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Geneviève
English
+ (given name)
Etymology
en ine-pro *ǵenh₁-
Borrowed from en fr Geneviève patron saint of Paris, from en la Genovefa, la Genoveva, possibly either of en gem origin, ultimately from en gem-pro - gem-pro *kunją kin, family *wībą woman, wife 1, or of en cel origin, ultimately from en cel-pro *genos family, clan.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʒɛn.ɪˌviːv/
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Proper noun
en female French.
en 1995 Barbara Vine The Brimstone Wedding Thorndike Press 1996 0786206713 9 But I like it when Stella calls me Genevieve, because though I'm Jenny to everyone else, always have been since I was born, I was christened Genevieve. My dad called me after a vintage car in a film, if you can credit it, and to most people it's a bit embarrassing, but the way Stella says it it's got a pretty sound.
en What's In A Name? Susan Osborn Simon and Schuster 9780671025557 1999 Jennifer has had even more success in the United States, especially in recent years. Jenny, Jen, Jenna, Genna, and Gena, are all popular derivatives or nicknames associated with Jennifer and, less frequently, Genevieve.
en 2014 w:Joyce Carol Oates Carthage Fourth Estate 9780007485741 422 Her name was Genevieve. A classy name and she was a classy woman or had been, not long ago;
Derived terms
en Guinevieve
en Sainte Genevieve County
en Ste. Genevieve
en Ste. Genevieve County
Translations
female given name
Albanian: sq Gjenovefa f
Belarusian: be Жэнеўева f, be Генавефа f
Breton: br Jenovefa f
Catalan: ca Genoveva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 日南斐法 Rìnánfěifǎ Catholic, cmn 熱納維耶芙 Rènàwéiyéfú, cmn 吉納維芙 Jínàwéifú, cmn 金娜薇 Jīnnàwēi, cmn 詹妮薇芙 Zhānnīwēifú
Czech: cs Jenovefa f, cs Jenovéfa f, cs Genovefa f, cs Jenůfa f
Esperanto: eo Ĝenoveva
Finnish: fi Geneviève of Frenchwomen
French: fr Geneviève f
German: de Genoveva f
Greek: el Γενοβέφα f, el Γενεβιέβη f
Hungarian: hu Genovéva
Indonesian: id Geneveva
Italian: it Genoveffa f
Japanese: ja ジュヌヴィエーヴ Junuviēvu
Kashubian: csb Genowefa f
Korean: ko 주느비에브
Latin: la Genovefa f, la Genoveva f
Latvian: lv Genovefa f, lv Genovaitė f
Lithuanian: lt Genoveva f
Malayalam: ml ജെനിവീവ്
Occitan: oc Jurvèva f
Polish: pl Genowefa f
Portuguese: pt Genoveva f
Romanian: ro Genoveva
Russian: ru Женевье́ва f, ru Генове́фа f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Геновефа f, sh Геновева f
Latin: sh Genovefa f, sh Genoveva f
Slovak: sk Genovéva f
Slovene: sl Genovefa f
Spanish: es Genoveva f
Ukrainian: uk Женев'є́ва f, uk Генове́фа f
Walloon: wa Djenvire f