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 [ 3 syll. ge-ne-sis, gen-es-is ] The girl name Genesis is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced JHEHNahSahS KEY. Genesis' language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in English. Biblical name derived literally from the word genesis which is of the meaning 'birth, creation'. The name is known from the title of the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible, which dwells on how God created the world. A form of the name is the English Jenasys. Genesis is a popular baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.170% of baby girls were named Genesis. It had a ranking of #95 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Genesis was the most widely used in 2008. In the last century Genesis has mainly been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Genesis include the English Jamaica, the English Jameka, the English Jamesha, the English Jameshia, the English Jamesia, the English Jamessa, the English Jamika, the Indian Janaki, the English Janeka, the Polish Janeska, the English Janessa, the Czech Janica, the English Janisa, the Scandinavian Jannike, the Slavic Jasminka, the English Jenasys, the English and Romanian Jenica, the English Jennica, the Polish and English Joanka, and the Czech and English Johanka. KEY: Pronunciation for Genesis: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
