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Globally, Genoa (Genova , Genoa , Genua ) is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male first name. The first name Genoa is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare girly name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare female name, and Italy, where it is a rare predominantly feminine, but scarcely boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Italy, the United States, and Brazil. More prevalently, Genoa is the last name as well as the forename.