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What does the name Geneva mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Geneva

User Submitted Origins

English
60%
French
30%
African
7%
German
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from North Dakota, U.S., the name Geneva means "To flourish like the juniper tree".
  2. A user from Oregon, U.S. says the name Geneva is of French origin and means "Juniper tree or pure".
  3. A user from Switzerland says the name Geneva means "It's the english name for the Canton and the city of Geneva in Switzerland. In German it would be called 'Genf' and in French 'Geneve'".
  4. A submission from District of Columbia, U.S. says the name Geneva means "Beautiful" and is of English origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Ge*ne"va
The chief city of Switzerland.
noun Ge*ne"va
A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

Etymology: F. genièvre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. genièvre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Gin made in the Netherlands
    Synonyms: holland gin and hollands
  2. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
    Synonyms: geneve and genf
Wiktionary

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via Celtic origin from Proto-Indo-European root *genu (“bend”), *genawa in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

  1. A city in Switzerland.
  2. A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital.
  3. The largest lake in Switzerland.
  4. A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States.
  7. A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
  8. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.
  9. Gin, especially jenever.
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Notable Persons Named Geneva

Notable Persons Named Geneva

Geneva Carr

Her ongoing career started in 1997. Geneva was born on May 6th, 1971 in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

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Geneva Cruz

Geneva Cruz is a pop music singer, actress, singing, and actor. She has had major accomplishments since 1989. Geneva was given the name Geneva Mendoza Cruz on April 2nd, 1976.

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Geneva Locke

Geneva was given the name Alexa Geneva Locke on October 7th, 1988.

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Janee Michelle

Janee Michelle is an actor, model, business owner, and model (people). Janee was given the name Geneva Leona Mercadel in 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Geneva Mitchell

She was most prominent from 1929 to 1946. Geneva was born on February 3rd, 1907 in Medaryville, Indiana, U.S. She passed away on March 10th, 1949.

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Geneva Smitherman

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Geneva

Notable Persons With the Last Name Geneva

Margaret of Geneva

Margaret is also known as Beatrix of Geneva. She breathed her last breath in 1252.

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William I of Geneva

William I of Geneva was a noble. He breathed his last breath on July 25th, 1195.

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Amadeus I of Geneva

He holds the title Count of Geneva and County of Geneva. Amadeus was born in 1098. He breathed his last breath in 1178.

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Joan Of Geneva

Joan was born in 1040. Joan is also known as Jeanne de Genève. She left this life in 1095.

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Amadeus 03 Of Geneva

He left this life in 1367.

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William II Of Geneva

William was born in 1208. William is also known as Count of Geneva. He left this life in 1252.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Geneva U.S.
█  White 88.89% 64.26%
█  African American 2.78% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.00% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 5.95% 16.26%

Of Last Name Geneva

People with the last name Geneva are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Geneva

  • What name lists does Geneva rank for?
    #10Girl Names Unique to the South
    #6Girl Names Unique to the Southeast
  • How Popular is the name Geneva? Geneva is the 716th most popular name of all time. As a last name Geneva was the 76,275th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Geneva have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 88,235 babies born with the first name Geneva in the United States. That's more than enough people named Geneva to occupy the country of Antigua and Barbuda with an estimated population of 86,295 (as of May 27, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Geneva? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 28 new born babies.
  • When was Geneva first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Geneva is Saturday, September 19th, 1868.
  • What year had the most people named Geneva born? The highest recorded use of the first name Geneva was in 1924 with a total of 2,582 babies. That's a lot of babies named Geneva!
  • Random Geneva Factoid: According to the 1941 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Geneva ranks 100th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Mississippi. Imagine that, 61 babies in Mississippi have the same name in 1941.
  • Weird things about the name Geneva: The name spelled backwards is Aveneg. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Egnave. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Geneva? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 252 people with the last name Geneva.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Geneva? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Geneva as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.1m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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