Genevieve (given name)
| Genevieve | |
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| Pronunciation | // |
| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | French |
| Meaning | Woman of the race |
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Genevieve (French: Geneviève) is a female given name of Germanic origin. It may be from the Germanic name Genowefa (latinized as Genoveva) meaning Woman of the race. [1]
People with this name
- Saint Geneviève, French saint (Patron saint of Paris) in Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
- Genevieve Angelson, American TV and film actress
- Genevieve Blatt (1913–1996), American judge and politician
- Geneviève Brunet (born 1959), Canadian female cyclist
- Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), Canadian actress
- Genevieve Gorder (born 1974), American television host and interior designer
- Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City
- Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979), Nigerian actress
- Geneviève Page (born 1927), French actress
- Geneviève Simard (born 1980), Canadian alpine skier
- Genevieve Woo (born 1969), Singaporean television news presenter
- Genevieve Morton (born 1986), South-African swimsuit top-model
- Genevieve Padalecki (born 1981), American actress
- Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress
Fictional characters
- Genevieve Villard in CrossGen Comics' Sigilverse
- Genevieve, a vintage car, title character of the classic British film Genevieve
- Genevieve Atkinson, a character on the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Geneviève Emery, a character in the French film, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, played by Catherine Deneuve
- Genevieve Selsor, a character in the chapter "The Silent Towns", in the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Geneviève Dieudonné, a character in several different works by Kim Newman
- Princess Genevieve, the main protagonist in CGI animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
See also
References
- ↑ Katie Martin-Doyle, The Treasury of Baby Names, Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. ISBN 978-1903025116
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