Geneva

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ginevra in IT Italy, ES Spain, BE Belgium, Ginebra in PE Peru, CO Colombia, Genebra in BR Brazil, PT Portugal and Geneve in FR France.

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 14 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◐

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

• Bulgarian surname1.3K records spelled Geneva10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Генева, Женева, Zeneva

• Malay name1.0K records spelled Geneva3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia

  Also written Jenewa

• Russian given name826 records spelled Geneva12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Женева, Генева, Женёва, Дженева, Zheneva

• a separate name808 records spelled Geneva2 spellings in the group

  Also written Genewa

47 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●

Geneva is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, city, lake. Switzerland: US pi name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• English: of recent origin and uncertain derivation. In form it coincides with the city in Switzerland (cf. FLORENCE and VENETIA ), but it may rather have been intended as a Latinate short 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gene Stratton-Porterb. 1863USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and naturalist (1863–1924)
• Herma Albertson Baggleyb. 1896USnot in their usual nameAmerican park ranger, naturalist, author, botanical collector and teacher (1896 – 1981)
• Gene Klossb. 1903USnot in their usual nameAmerican artist (1903–1996)
• Geneva Mitchellb. 1905USAmerican actress (1907-1949)
• Geneva Dukerb. 1905USAmerican actress (1905–1976)
• Geneva G. Belfordb. 1932USComputer scientist
• Geneva Gayb. 1945USprofessor of multicultural education
• Geneva Cruzb. 1976PHFilipino actress and singer (born 1976)
• Geneva Lockeb. 1988CACanadian actress
• Geneva Coulterb. 1999CACanadian ice hockey player (born 1999)

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 · 293 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Geneva?

We estimate roughly 29 thousand people bear Geneva (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Geneva have the most bearers?

We estimate about 28 thousand people bear Geneva in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled geneva.

What does the name Geneva mean?

Recorded meaning: 2 Of recent origin and uncertain derivation: possibly a variant of Jennifer.