Genaro

Spellings & scripts●

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Genaro is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name82K records spelled Genaro7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Philippines

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written G-Enaro, Genaró

• Catalan given name4.0K records spelled Genaro5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Génaro, Gênaro, Gènaro

• Italian given name740 records spelled Genaro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Genáro

54 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●

Genaro 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, Forme liée à Janvier/Januarius, du latin *Ianuarius*, « de Janus ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Origine latine, signifie « janvier ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In vec, January

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

• In Esperanto, genome

  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.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jenaro Pérez Villaamilb. 1807ESnot in their usual nameSpanish artist (1807-1854)
• Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravallesb. 1818ESnot in their usual nameSpanish Grandee (1818-1889)
• German Valdesb. 1915MXnot in their usual nameMexican actor, comedian and singer (1915-1973)
• Álvaro Carrillob. 1921MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer, songwriter (1921–1969)
• Tony Siricob. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1942–2022)
• Genaro Zelaietab. 1954ESSpanish association football player (1954-2008)
• Blue Pantherb. 1960MXnot in their usual nameMexican professional wrestler (born 1960)
• Genaro Hernándezb. 1966USAmerican boxer (1966-2011)
• Genaro García Lunab. 1968MXMexican politician
• Genaro Rodríguez Serranob. 1998ESSpanish association football player

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 702 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Genaro?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Genaro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Genaro have the most bearers?

Genaro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled genaro.

How common is Genaro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Genaro is the 469th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Genaro a male or female name?

Genaro is a male 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 does the name Genaro mean?

Recorded meaning: variante dialetal setentrional de Gennaro