Genevieve (French: Geneviève) is a female name of "Celtic or Germanic origin, possibly from the Germanic name [Kenowefa Latinized as] Genoveva, meaning kin, 'race' or 'tribe', and wefa, 'woman'".[1] Genevieve can also mean "woman of the family".[2]
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈdʒɛnɪviːv/ French: [ʒənvjɛv] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French |
| Meaning | "Woman of the race, tribe" |
People with this name
edit- Sainte Geneviève, French saint (Patron saint of Paris) in Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
- Genevieve Angelson (born 1987), American TV and film actress
- Genevieve Armstrong (born 1988), New Zealand rower
- Genevieve Artadi (born 1982), American singer and producer
- Genevieve Beacom (born 2004–2005), Australian baseball pitcher
- Geneviève Behrend (1881–1960), French-born author and teacher
- Genevieve Behrent (born 1990), New Zealand rower
- Genevieve Blatt (1913–1996), American judge and politician
- Geneviève Robic-Brunet (born 1959), Canadian cyclist
- Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), Canadian actress
- Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician
- Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri (c.1817-1878), early French photographer
- Genevieve Chappell (born 1972), American television personality
- Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Canadian film director
- Genevieve Feinstein (1913-2006), American mathematician, cryptanalyst, NSA Hall of Honor recipient
- Geneviève Fraisse (b. 1948), French feminist philosopher
- Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, (1920-2002), member of the French Resistance
- Geneviève Gemayel (1908–2003), Lebanese political figure
- Genevieve Gorder (born 1974), American television host and interior designer
- Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein (1913-2006), American mathematician and cryptanalyst
- Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City
- Geneviève Halévy (1849-1926), French salonnière
- Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress, also known as G Hannelius
- Genevieve Hughes (1932-2012), American Freedom Rider
- Gen Kitchen, British politician
- Geneviève Lacambre (born 1937), French heritage curator
- Geneviève Meurgues (1931-2021), French explorer, museum curator and conservator
- Genevieve Mina (born 1996), American politician
- Genevieve Morton (born 1986), South African model
- Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979), Nigerian actress
- Genevieve Oswald (1921-2019), American dance scholar and archivist
- Genevieve Padalecki (born 1981), American actress
- Geneviève Page (born 1927), French actress
- Genevieve Pezet (1913–2009), American-born French artist
- Geneviève Savalette (1735-1795), French playwright and actress
- Genevieve Schatz, American singer
- Geneviève Simard (born 1980), Canadian alpine skier
- Geneviève Serreau (1915–1981), French stage actress and playwright
- Genevieve Valentine (born 1981), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Genevieve M. Walton (1857–1932), American librarian
- Genevieve Westcott (1955–2020), New Zealand journalist and television presenter
- Genevieve Woo (born 1969), Singaporean television news presenter
Fictional characters
edit- Genevieve, a vintage car, title character of the British film Genevieve
- Genevieve, the dog in Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Princess Genevieve, main protagonist in the animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
- Genevieve Atkinson in the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Genevieve Delacroix in the Netflix television series Bridgerton
- Geneviève Emery in the French film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, played by Catherine Deneuve
- Genevieve Selsor in the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Genevieve Villard in CrossGen Comics' Sigilverse
- Geneviève from Emily in Paris
- Geneviève in the movie Rush Hour 3
- "Sweet Lady Genevieve", a 1973 song by the Kinks
- Genevieve from To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Genevieve Mirren-Carter, in the American TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Genevieve Helicopter on display in Air and Space Museum Bell Model 30 Ship 1A
- Genevieve Mercier from Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- Geneviève, from the short story "The Mask", published in The King in Yellow
- Genevieve Terhoven, from The Black Obelisk
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Katie Martin-Doyle, The Treasury of Baby Names, Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. ISBN 978-1903025116
- ^ Moss, Jennifer. "Genevieve". babynames.com. Moss Gathering LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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