Genoveva

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Genoveva, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Hortensia
• Catalina
• Beatriz
• Julieta
• Isidora

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Genoveva is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Génoveva

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Spain

  Also written Génovéva

• German given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Peru

  Also written Genovéva

• Russian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Ukraine, United States, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Геновева

40 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.

Genoveva is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Genevieve

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, from St. Genoveva/Feve

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• Ola blanca, como la espuma del mar

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Mujer de origen ilustre

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In German, a female given name of rare current usage, equivalent to English Genevieve

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Archduchess Adelheid of Austriab. 1914ATnot in their usual nameArchduchess of Austria (1914–1971)
• Geno Machadob. 1982ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
• Genoveva Añonmab. 1987GQEquatorial Guinean association football player and manager

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

59 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 32 countries.

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

What does the name Genoveva mean, and where does it come from?

Welsh Gwenhuifar, 'white wave' or 'white as sea foam'; variant of Ginebra. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.

What are other forms of the name Genoveva?

In the etymology graph, Genevieve, Ginette and Geneviève are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Genoveva?

In Spanish /çenoβeβa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Genoveva a male or female name?

Genoveva is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Spain (INE): listed as female; Brazil (IBGE, 2022): listed as female; Finland (DVV): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.

Which countries have the most people named Genoveva?

In the United States, the national register counted about 51 thousand people named Genevieve, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Mexico, Peru, Philippines and Argentina; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Genoveva?

In Spain, the national register counted 5,485 people named Genoveva, about 1 in 9.1 thousand residents.

How common is Genoveva compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Genoveva is the 321st most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.