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Genesis

Genesis: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“origin; creation; birth”
Origin
Greek
Say it
JEN-uh-sis · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (96% of all uses)

From Greek genesis 'origin, birth, creation'. It is also the title of the first book of the Bible, which helped establish it as a given name.

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How popular is Genesis?

20241,207 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Genesis in 20244,017

2024 rank#55 girls

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 188093,541

Genesis has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Genesis

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jenesismodern spelling of Genesis · American (modern coinage)
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek
  • Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Elenabright, shining light · Greek

Genesis questions

What does the name Genesis mean?

Genesis means "origin; creation; birth". It comes from Greek. From Greek genesis 'origin, birth, creation'. It is also the title of the first book of the Bible, which helped establish it as a given name.

Is Genesis a boy or girl name?

Genesis is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Genesis?

4,017 US babies were named Genesis in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Genesis?

Genesis is usually pronounced JEN-uh-sis.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.