Genu

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gain in IN India, US United States, PH Philippines and 12 more and Гайн in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name 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◐

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

• a separate given name3.3K records spelled Genu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia

  Also written Genú, Genū

• Portuguese given name1.7K records spelled Genu4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Genú

• French given name768 records spelled Genu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Génu

• Romanian given name46 records spelled Genu2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Italy, India

  Also written Genú

32 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●

Genu 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 Latin, a knee, kneejoint, kneepan

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

• In English, The knee.

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 80 years between 1917–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 156 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Genu?

We estimate roughly 44 thousand people bear Genu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Genu have the most bearers?

We estimate about 42 thousand people bear Genu in India, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gain.

Where is Genu most common?

Genu is densest in India, where the national register counts about 1 in 32 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Genu compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Genu is the 438th most common surname of 11,292 surnames recorded there.

Is Genu a male or female name?

Genu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.