Worldwide, Genia (Genia 
, Женя 
, Геня 
) is a common mostly girly, but infrequently male first name. The first name Genia is characteristic of Moldova, where it is quite a common unisex name, Belarus, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Russia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States. Very seldom, Genia is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Genia | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, Brazil, United States, Russia |
| Женя | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States, Armenia, Russia |
| Геня | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Russia |
| ג'ניה | Israel |
Genia is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yevgeni Bazarov , the The character of the novel "Fathers and Sons"; Eugene Onegin , the character from Alexander Pushkins Eugene Onegin; Eugene Onegin , the operatic character in the opera Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Евгений Сазонов , character in Literaturnaya Gazeta and Евгений Арбенин , character in Masquerade, among other works.
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genia nikolaieva Russian actress (1904-2001), RU (b. 1904) |
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genia van der grinten-lücker NL (b. 1908) |
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| genia harpuder holocaust victim, b. 1903-01-15, PL (b. 1903) |
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| genia morelli (b. 1894) |
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| genia nemenova French classical pianist (b. 1905) |
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| genia storch Polish-born Holocaust survivor (born 1906), PL (b. 1906) |
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| genia rubin Russian painter (1906-2001), RU (b. 1906) |
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| genia kohnová holocaust victim, b. 1907-04-17, CZ (b. 1907) |
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| genia kohnová holocaust victim, b. 1910-07-10, CZ (b. 1910) |
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| genia kopelanski Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor (b. 1911), LT (b. 1911) |
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| genia guszalewicz CZ (b. 1902) |
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| genia quittner AT (b. 1906) |
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| genia walaschek Swiss footballer (1917-2007), CH (b. 1917) |
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| genia melikova French ballet dancer, FR (b. 1924) |
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| genia lapuhs German actress and voice actress, DE (b. 1925) |
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