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Geneva

Girl · Place name

Geneva

Say it: juh-NEE-vuh

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Meaning

From the Swiss city, whose name (Latin Genava) is of Celtic origin with an uncertain meaning; also linked to Genevieve.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Used as an American given name from the late 1800s, peaking around 1920.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1910s

In the United States

012318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1924per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 88,389 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1910, about 1 in 567 girls
  • 151 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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