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Genevieve (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
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Word/name
  
French

Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
Woman of the race

Genevieve (French: Geneviève) is a female given name of Germanic or Celtic origin. It may be from the Germanic name Genowefa (latinized as Genoveva) meaning Woman of the race.

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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
  • Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician
  • Genevieve Gorder (born 1974), American television host and interior designer
  • Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City
  • Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress
  • Genevieve Morton (born 1986), South-African swimsuit top-model
  • Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979), Nigerian actress
  • Genevieve Padalecki (born 1981), American actress
  • Geneviève Page (born 1927), French actress
  • Geneviève Simard (born 1980), Canadian alpine skier
  • Genevieve Woo (born 1969), Singaporean television news presenter

    • Fictional characters

  • Genevieve, a vintage car, title character of the classic British film Genevieve
  • Princess Genevieve, main protagonist in the animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
  • Genevieve Atkinson in the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Geneviève Dieudonné in several different works by Kim Newman
  • Geneviève Emery in the French film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, played by Catherine Deneuve
  • Genevieve Selsor in the chapter "The Silent Towns", in the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  • Genevieve Villard in CrossGen Comics' Sigilverse

    • References

    Genevieve (given name) Wikipedia
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