Fun Facts About the Name Jenevieve
- More than 1 thousand babies named Jenevieve: U.S. records list 1,842 babies given the name Jenevieve from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jenevieve Mean?
Jenevieve is a spelling variant of Genevieve, whose meaning is usually given as "woman of the family." The name comes into English through French Geneviève, from the medieval Latin Genovefa. The explanation most often repeated treats Genovefa as Germanic, built from an element related to kunja, meaning "kin" or "family," and one related to wībą, meaning "woman" or "wife." On that reading the literal sense is something like "woman of the kin" or "wife of the family."
A second and less certain explanation treats the name as Celtic and glosses it as "white wave" or "fair one." This idea appears in some reference works but has not been securely demonstrated, and it cannot be true at the same time as the Germanic reading. Because no early source explains the parts of Genovefa, the original meaning is not fully settled, though "woman of the family" is the sense most commonly attached to the name.
Jenevieve Name History & Origins
The name is tied above all to Saint Genevieve of Paris, who lived in the fifth century (traditionally c. 419/422 - 502). She was a consecrated virgin in Paris, and her early Latin biography credits her with warning the city of Attila's approach in 451 and with later organizing relief during a famine. Her veneration as a patron saint of Paris spread the name through medieval Christian Europe, where it was written in Latin as Genovefa.
From that Latin form, each European language shaped its own version: French Geneviève, Spanish and Portuguese Genoveva, Italian Genoveffa, and German Genoveva. In French, the Latin Genovefa became Geneviève, and it is this French form that English borrowed.
Because the French G in Geneviève is soft, English speakers say the name with an initial "j" sound. The spelling Jenevieve writes that sound with a J, so it represents the same name as Genevieve rather than a separate name with a different origin. It belongs with the other English respellings of the name that have appeared over time.
How Popular is the Name Jenevieve?
Jenevieve has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,134 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,419 | 74 | 0.0046% |
| 2024 | #2,485 | 72 | 0.0045% |
| 2023 | #2,144 | 89 | 0.0056% |
| 2022 | #2,284 | 82 | 0.0050% |
| 2021 | #2,497 | 71 | 0.0043% |
| 2020 | #2,510 | 69 | 0.0043% |
| 2019 | #2,134 | 88 | 0.0052% |
| 2018 | #2,796 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2017 | #2,802 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2016 | #2,510 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2015 | #2,600 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #2,568 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2013 | #2,494 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2012 | #3,434 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #3,473 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2010 | #2,952 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2009 | #3,977 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #4,043 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #4,415 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #3,693 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2005 | #6,394 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #5,277 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #4,733 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #4,689 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #5,445 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #4,867 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #6,999 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #5,459 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #6,306 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #8,439 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #5,537 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #9,943 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,407 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #8,340 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #6,384 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #6,263 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #6,310 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #6,032 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #7,001 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #5,290 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #5,169 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #6,481 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #4,979 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #4,793 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #7,020 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #4,821 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1979 | #6,385 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #6,124 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #4,508 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1976 | #6,866 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,755 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #7,181 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #7,803 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #8,787 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #7,429 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #5,926 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1932 | #4,135 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #4,648 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #4,877 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1929 | #4,917 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1928 | #4,435 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #5,226 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1925 | #4,680 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #3,784 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #4,218 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #3,835 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #5,337 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1919 | #4,034 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #2,438 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #4,332 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,720 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1914 | #3,893 | 5 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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