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Genoveva

Medieval Latin roots

feminineLatin script

[xenoˈβ̞eβ̞a] · Spanish

Origin: Medieval Latin
8 language contexts: Spanish German Portuguese +5 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Genoveva

Genoveva is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, German, Portuguese and 5 other languages.

Separate records with matching spellings: Genovéva (Hungarian, Slovak), Ĝenoveva (Q104290681)

Medieval Latin origin

Source-reported

From Medieval Latin Genovefa, Genoveva, possibly either of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) + *wībą (“woman, wife”), or of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *genos (“family, clan”). Popularized by a 17th century romance of Genoveva of Brabant.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (8)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q18844235
Feminine usage in Catalan · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in German · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Genoveva

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Genoveva” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q18844235.

Name day: 08-09 (Latvia).

All pronunciation details (12)

[xenoˈβ̞eβ̞a] — Spanish
/\xe.no.ˈβe.βa\/ — Spanish
[ʒɨ.nuˈβɛ.βɐ] — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/ʒe.noˈvɛ.vɐ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/ʒɨ.nuˈbɛ.bɐ/ — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/ʒɨ.nuˈvɛ.vɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
[d͡ʒe.noˈve.va] — Catalan (Valencia)
[ʒe.noˈβe.βa] — Catalan (Northwestern)
[ʒə.noˈve.və] — Catalan (Balearic)
[ʒə.nuˈβe.βə] — Catalan (Central)
[ʒə.nuˈβe̞.βə] — Catalan (Northern)
/ʒɘnuˈβeβə/ — Catalan

02 / Across borders

Where Genoveva is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Genoveva’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 7 girls (rank 11932).

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Genoveva

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #11,932
Peak year: 1925; 51 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Genoveva in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	6	921	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	5	1,276	observed
1889	5	1,279	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	5	1,437	observed
1894	13	850	observed
1895	14	858	observed
1896	9	1,122	observed
1897	6	1,385	observed
1898	9	1,171	observed
1899	5	1,596	observed
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,679	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	13	1,001	observed
1905	12	1,093	observed
1906	10	1,229	observed
1907	11	1,206	observed
1908	11	1,261	observed
1909	12	1,219	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	12	1,372	observed
1912	15	1,421	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	19	1,480	observed
1915	24	1,475	observed
1916	20	1,739	observed
1917	15	2,204	observed
1918	25	1,600	observed
1919	28	1,481	observed
1920	41	1,190	observed
1921	32	1,437	observed
1922	43	1,168	observed
1923	36	1,305	observed
1924	40	1,258	observed
1925	51	1,064	observed
1926	40	1,220	observed
1927	47	1,108	observed
1928	51	1,051	observed
1929	44	1,107	observed
1930	41	1,161	observed
1931	38	1,163	observed
1932	24	1,568	observed
1933	32	1,262	observed
1934	34	1,221	observed
1935	39	1,119	observed
1936	27	1,413	observed
1937	27	1,416	observed
1938	18	1,873	observed
1939	21	1,684	observed
1940	40	1,150	observed
1941	23	1,649	observed
1942	22	1,804	observed
1943	25	1,703	observed
1944	24	1,698	observed
1945	21	1,825	observed
1946	18	2,228	observed
1947	27	1,863	observed
1948	26	1,858	observed
1949	21	2,134	observed
1950	19	2,253	observed
1951	20	2,245	observed
1952	20	2,327	observed
1953	25	2,071	observed
1954	24	2,186	observed
1955	32	1,877	observed
1956	23	2,321	observed
1957	20	2,563	observed
1958	35	1,856	observed
1959	18	2,760	observed
1960	18	2,904	observed
1961	19	2,839	observed
1962	29	2,210	observed
1963	24	2,489	observed
1964	19	2,915	observed
1965	15	3,264	observed
1966	25	2,407	observed
1967	14	3,484	observed
1968	19	2,969	observed
1969	35	2,134	observed
1970	26	2,705	observed
1971	28	2,599	observed
1972	16	3,714	observed
1973	24	2,830	observed
1974	25	2,835	observed
1975	15	4,141	observed
1976	19	3,540	observed
1977	18	3,911	observed
1978	20	3,637	observed
1979	29	2,931	observed
1980	23	3,506	observed
1981	18	4,162	observed
1982	22	3,647	observed
1983	19	3,949	observed
1984	14	4,966	observed
1985	15	4,860	observed
1986	24	3,554	observed
1987	11	6,335	observed
1988	14	5,598	observed
1989	15	5,545	observed
1990	16	5,549	observed
1991	15	5,949	observed
1992	17	5,484	observed
1993	16	5,673	observed
1994	15	5,984	observed
1995	16	5,677	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	14	6,483	observed
1998	9	9,260	observed
1999	13	7,239	observed
2000	8	10,745	observed
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	14	7,444	observed
2003	17	6,576	observed
2004	18	6,489	observed
2005	7	13,010	observed
2006	13	8,715	observed
2007	10	10,818	observed
2008	6	15,405	observed
2009	10	10,679	observed
2010	5	16,992	observed
2011	15	7,783	observed
2012	13	8,632	observed
2013	10	10,235	observed
2014	12	8,966	observed
2015	7	13,006	observed
2016	15	7,602	observed
2017	16	7,092	observed
2018	6	13,793	observed
2019	7	12,448	observed
2020	12	8,406	observed
2021	10	9,562	observed
2022	8	11,231	observed
2023	9	10,312	observed
2024	11	8,946	observed
2025	7	11,932	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Genoveva” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Genoveva— “white wave (?)”
Genoveva, _f._ _Port._ Kelt. white wave (?), 270
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Genoveva Añonman
born 1989
Equatorial Guinean association football player and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
1914–1971
Archduchess of Austria (1914–1971)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Genoveva with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q18844235CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Genoveva

Genoveva is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, German, Portuguese and 5 other languages.

Separate records with matching spellings: Genovéva (Hungarian, Slovak), Ĝenoveva (Q104290681)

Medieval Latin origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (8)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q18844235
Feminine usage in Catalan · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in German · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Genoveva
Feminine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Genoveva

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Genoveva” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q18844235.

Name day: 08-09 (Latvia).

All pronunciation details (12)

[xenoˈβ̞eβ̞a] — Spanish
/\xe.no.ˈβe.βa\/ — Spanish
[ʒɨ.nuˈβɛ.βɐ] — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/ʒe.noˈvɛ.vɐ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/ʒɨ.nuˈbɛ.bɐ/ — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/ʒɨ.nuˈvɛ.vɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
[d͡ʒe.noˈve.va] — Catalan (Valencia)
[ʒe.noˈβe.βa] — Catalan (Northwestern)
[ʒə.noˈve.və] — Catalan (Balearic)
[ʒə.nuˈβe.βə] — Catalan (Central)
[ʒə.nuˈβe̞.βə] — Catalan (Northern)
/ʒɘnuˈβeβə/ — Catalan

Where Genoveva is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Genoveva’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 7 girls (rank 11932).

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Genoveva

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #11,932
Peak year: 1925; 51 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Genoveva in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	6	921	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	5	1,276	observed
1889	5	1,279	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	5	1,437	observed
1894	13	850	observed
1895	14	858	observed
1896	9	1,122	observed
1897	6	1,385	observed
1898	9	1,171	observed
1899	5	1,596	observed
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,679	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	13	1,001	observed
1905	12	1,093	observed
1906	10	1,229	observed
1907	11	1,206	observed
1908	11	1,261	observed
1909	12	1,219	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	12	1,372	observed
1912	15	1,421	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	19	1,480	observed
1915	24	1,475	observed
1916	20	1,739	observed
1917	15	2,204	observed
1918	25	1,600	observed
1919	28	1,481	observed
1920	41	1,190	observed
1921	32	1,437	observed
1922	43	1,168	observed
1923	36	1,305	observed
1924	40	1,258	observed
1925	51	1,064	observed
1926	40	1,220	observed
1927	47	1,108	observed
1928	51	1,051	observed
1929	44	1,107	observed
1930	41	1,161	observed
1931	38	1,163	observed
1932	24	1,568	observed
1933	32	1,262	observed
1934	34	1,221	observed
1935	39	1,119	observed
1936	27	1,413	observed
1937	27	1,416	observed
1938	18	1,873	observed
1939	21	1,684	observed
1940	40	1,150	observed
1941	23	1,649	observed
1942	22	1,804	observed
1943	25	1,703	observed
1944	24	1,698	observed
1945	21	1,825	observed
1946	18	2,228	observed
1947	27	1,863	observed
1948	26	1,858	observed
1949	21	2,134	observed
1950	19	2,253	observed
1951	20	2,245	observed
1952	20	2,327	observed
1953	25	2,071	observed
1954	24	2,186	observed
1955	32	1,877	observed
1956	23	2,321	observed
1957	20	2,563	observed
1958	35	1,856	observed
1959	18	2,760	observed
1960	18	2,904	observed
1961	19	2,839	observed
1962	29	2,210	observed
1963	24	2,489	observed
1964	19	2,915	observed
1965	15	3,264	observed
1966	25	2,407	observed
1967	14	3,484	observed
1968	19	2,969	observed
1969	35	2,134	observed
1970	26	2,705	observed
1971	28	2,599	observed
1972	16	3,714	observed
1973	24	2,830	observed
1974	25	2,835	observed
1975	15	4,141	observed
1976	19	3,540	observed
1977	18	3,911	observed
1978	20	3,637	observed
1979	29	2,931	observed
1980	23	3,506	observed
1981	18	4,162	observed
1982	22	3,647	observed
1983	19	3,949	observed
1984	14	4,966	observed
1985	15	4,860	observed
1986	24	3,554	observed
1987	11	6,335	observed
1988	14	5,598	observed
1989	15	5,545	observed
1990	16	5,549	observed
1991	15	5,949	observed
1992	17	5,484	observed
1993	16	5,673	observed
1994	15	5,984	observed
1995	16	5,677	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	14	6,483	observed
1998	9	9,260	observed
1999	13	7,239	observed
2000	8	10,745	observed
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	14	7,444	observed
2003	17	6,576	observed
2004	18	6,489	observed
2005	7	13,010	observed
2006	13	8,715	observed
2007	10	10,818	observed
2008	6	15,405	observed
2009	10	10,679	observed
2010	5	16,992	observed
2011	15	7,783	observed
2012	13	8,632	observed
2013	10	10,235	observed
2014	12	8,966	observed
2015	7	13,006	observed
2016	15	7,602	observed
2017	16	7,092	observed
2018	6	13,793	observed
2019	7	12,448	observed
2020	12	8,406	observed
2021	10	9,562	observed
2022	8	11,231	observed
2023	9	10,312	observed
2024	11	8,946	observed
2025	7	11,932	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Genoveva— “white wave (?)”
Genoveva, _f._ _Port._ Kelt. white wave (?), 270
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Genoveva Añonman
born 1989
Equatorial Guinean association football player and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
1914–1971
Archduchess of Austria (1914–1971)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q18844235CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GenovevaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Genoveva

Medieval Latin origin

Where Genoveva is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Genoveva Añonman

Archduchess Adelheid of Austria

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Genoveva

Medieval Latin origin

Where Genoveva is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Genoveva Añonman

Archduchess Adelheid of Austria

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page