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 [ 3 syll. ge-ne-sis, gen-es-is ] The boy name Genesis is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is JHEHNahSahS KEY. Genesis is an English name of Old Greek origin. Biblical name derived literally from the element 'genesis' meaning birth, creation. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. See Genesis for more info. Genesis is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Genesis has in the past century been predominantly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Genesis include Janika (Hungarian), Jean-Jacques (French), Jiannis (Greek), Johannes (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Jóhannes (Scandinavian), Junius (English), Gencho (Spanish), Genek (Polish), Genesio (Italian), Genghis (English), Giannis (Greek), Giannos (Greek), Gioannes (Greek), Janco (Czech), Jancsi (Hungarian), Janesh (Indian), Janez (Slavic), Janic (Breton and French), Janick (Breton and French), and Janis (Latvian and Lithuanian). A famous person named Genesis is Genesis P-Orridge, Singer, born Neil Andrew Megson, 22 February 1950, Victoria Park, Manchester, England. 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)"   |
