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Baby name
Genevieve
Girl
Origin of the name
Genevieve comes from the medieval Latin Genovefa, of Germanic origin; its second element means “woman.” Saint Genevieve, who according to tradition protected Paris from Attila's Huns, is the patron saint of the city.
Classic name
125,131births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 81rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Genevieve are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Genevieve is most common in North Dakota (1.9 times), Wisconsin (1.7) and Pennsylvania (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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