Genoveffa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From French Geneviéve, name of the patron saint of Paris
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Genoveffa is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- ITItaly
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From French Geneviéve, name of the patron saint of Paris. See main dictionary. Also: Ginevra.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Genoveffa 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 Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Genevieve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Nome celtico; significherebbe "di bella razza".
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Nome celtico, che ~ignificlierebbe N ilalle bellr juanciex. Xome popolare in Francia, perchè i. la Santa patrona di Parigi, che ella salr6 dalla inva- iione di Attila. 3 gennaio. Non raro anche iri Italia. zrazie al romanzo i< Genoveffa di Brabantc o.
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
Italian form of GENEVIÈVE .
as a word
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)
- Javotte Manca di Villahermosab. 1879ITnot in their usual nameItalian noblewoman and philanthropist (1879-1965)
- Genoveffa De Troiab. 1887ITItalian Venerable Franciscan (1887-1949)
- Genoveffa Franchinib. 2000ITItalian-American hematologist and retrovirologist
- Genoveffa TortoraITItalian computer scientist
- Genoveffa NuzzoITItalian organic chemist
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 11 sources across 5 countries.
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Genoveffa come from?
- From French Geneviéve, name of the patron saint of Paris. See main dictionary. Also: Ginevra. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Genoveffa mean?
- Recorded meaning: From French Geneviéve, name of the patron saint of Paris.
- Is Genoveffa a male or female name?
- Genoveffa 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.
- What are other forms of the name Genoveffa?
- In the etymology graph, Genevieve, Genoveva and Ginette are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Genoveffa have the most bearers?
- Genoveffa is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Genoveffa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.