Ginebra

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Geneva in US United States, CH Switzerland, GB United Kingdom and 10 more, Ginevra in IT Italy, ES Spain, BE Belgium, 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 23 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◐

Ginebra is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name33 records spelled Ginebra2 spellings in the group

  Also written Gïnëbrä

26 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●

Ginebra is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Basque, Ginebra (bebida). Ginebra edarigaillu lurrezkoak ur goriz beterik . Erkiag Arran 158.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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●

AR RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) — 11 years between 2014–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jordi Ginebra i Serraboub. 1961ESSpanish linguist
• Sara Espígulb. 1984ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Ginebra Belluccib. 1996ESSpanish pornographic actress
• Josep Ginebra MolinsESresearcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9521-9635)

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 · 105 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ginebra?

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

In which country does Ginebra have the most bearers?

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

What does the name Ginebra mean?

Recorded meaning: Galés Gwenhwyvar: 'ola blanca' o 'blanca como la espuma del mar'; variante de Genoveva.