Genevieve (given name) explained
| Genevieve |
| Pronunciation: |
in French ʒənvjɛv/ |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | "Woman of the race, tribe" |
| Origin: | French |
Genevieve (French: Geneviève) is a female name of "Celtic or Germanic origin, possibly from the Germanic name [{{lang|gem|Kenowefa}} [[Latinized name|Latinized]] as] Latin: Genoveva, meaning 'race' or 'tribe', and Latin: wefa ... 'woman'".[1] Genevieve can also mean "woman of the family".[2]
People with this name
- Sainte Geneviève, French saint (Patron saint of Paris) in Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
- Genevieve Angelson (born 1987), American TV and film actress
- Genevieve Armstrong (born 1988), New Zealand rower
- Genevieve Artadi (born 1982), American singer and producer
- Genevieve Beacom (born 2004–2005), Australian baseball pitcher
- Geneviève Behrend (1881–1960), French-born author and teacher
- Genevieve Behrent (born 1990), New Zealand rower
- Genevieve Blatt (1913–1996), American judge and politician
- Geneviève Robic-Brunet (born 1959), Canadian cyclist
- Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), Canadian actress
- Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician
- Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri (c.1817-1878), early French photographer
- Genevieve Chappell (born 1972), American television personality
- Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Canadian film director
- Genevieve Feinstein (1913-2006), American mathematician, cryptanalyst, NSA Hall of Honor recipient
- Geneviève Fraisse (b. 1948), French feminist philosopher
- Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, (1920-2002), member of the French Resistance
- Geneviève Gemayel (1908–2003), Lebanese political figure
- Genevieve Gorder (born 1974), American television host and interior designer
- Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein (1913-2006), American mathematician and cryptanalyst
- Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City
- Geneviève Halévy (1849-1926), French salonnière
- Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress
- Genevieve Hughes (1932-2012), American Freedom Rider
- Gen Kitchen, British politician
- Geneviève Lacambre (born 1937), French heritage curator
- Geneviève Meurgues (1931-2021), French explorer, museum curator and conservator
- Genevieve Morton (born 1986), South African model
- Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979), Nigerian actress
- Genevieve Oswald (1921-2019), American dance scholar and archivist
- Genevieve Padalecki (born 1981), American actress
- Geneviève Page (born 1927), French actress
- Genevieve Pezet (1913–2009), American-born French artist
- Geneviève Savalette (1735-1795), French playwright and actress
- Genevieve Schatz, American singer
- Geneviève Simard (born 1980), Canadian alpine skier
- Geneviève Serreau (1915–1981), French stage actress and playwright
- Genevieve Valentine (born 1981), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Genevieve M. Walton (1857–1932), American librarian
- Genevieve Westcott (1955–2020), New Zealand journalist and television presenter
- Genevieve Woo (born 1969), Singaporean television news presenter
Fictional characters
- Genevieve, a vintage car, title character of the British film Genevieve
- Genevieve, the dog in Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Princess Genevieve, main protagonist in the animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
- Genevieve Atkinson in the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Geneviève Emery in the French film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, played by Catherine Deneuve
- Genevieve Selsor in the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Genevieve Villard in CrossGen Comics' Sigilverse
- Geneviève in the movie Rush Hour 3
- "Sweet Lady Genevieve", a 1973 song by the Kinks
- Genevieve from To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Genevieve Mirren-Carter, in the American TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Genevieve Helicopter on display in Air and Space Museum Bell Model 30 Ship 1A
- Genevieve Mercier from Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- Geneviève, from the short story "The Mask", published in The King in Yellow
- Genevieve Terhoven, from The Black Obelisk
See also
Notes and References
- Katie Martin-Doyle, The Treasury of Baby Names, Worth Press, Cambridge 2005.
- Web site: Moss . Jennifer . Genevieve . babynames.com . Moss Gathering LLC . 22 September 2023.
