Genie

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Genie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 151K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 155K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
299 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Genie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Genie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈16,000 est.≈1 in 88K—Genie17
PH Philippines≈4,700 est.≈1 in 23K—Genie56
US United States2,2081 in 151K2.1KGenie299
EG Egypt≈550 est.≈1 in 190K—Genie9
GB United Kingdom≈430 est.≈1 in 155KlistedGenie57
TW Taiwan≈310 est.≈1 in 75K—Genie18
HK Hong Kong≈160 est.≈1 in 45K—Genie14
SG Singapore≈110 est.≈1 in 59K—Genie16
IE Ireland≈62 est.≈1 in 84K—Genie12

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Genie is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Génie

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Génie

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Gènie, Génie

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Génie

  • Korean given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Canada, Italy

    Also written Genny, Geny, Geni, Guenyi, 게니

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Genie is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, a diminutive of the female given name Eugénie

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Dutch, genius, mental brilliance

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, locative singular of gen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, genius

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1840186018801900Genie M. Smith, b. 1852Genie Sheppard, b. 1864Genie Steinerová, b. 1894

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Genie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000105#144,908
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Genie?
In the etymology graph, Gina, Eugenia and Gena are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Genie mean, and where does it come from?
A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Genie a male or female name?
Genie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Genie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Genie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled genie.
How common is the name Genie?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,208 people named Genie in 2020, about 1 in 151 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Genie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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