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 [ 3 syll. ge-ne-va, gen-eva ] The girl name Geneva is pronounced as JHahNIYVah KEY. 1: Geneva is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Germanic. The name's meaning is river mouth. The first name is of recent and uncertain origin. It could be derived from the name of the Swiss city, which is located at a river's mouth. Gena (English), Geneve (English), Genevia (English), Genna (English), Janeva (English), and Janevra (English) are variants of Geneva. 2: Geneva's language of origin is Old French. Here, the meaning is 'the juniper tree'. In addition, Geneva is a variant of the name Genevieve (English). See also the related form, the English and German Jennifer. Geneva is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1924, 0.200% of baby girls were given the name Geneva. It ranked at #110 then. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is used only on a very modest scale now. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly linked to Geneva, the English and German Jennifer was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Geneva include the English Genavieve, the English Geneieve, the English Geneveeve, the English Geneveve, the English Genevie, the English Genevieve, the French Geneviève, the English Genevive, the German and Spanish Genovefa, the Italian Genoveffa, the English Janeva, the English Jeaneva, the English Jeneva, the English Jenevieve, the English Geneve, the English Genevia, the English Genivieve, the English Gennifur, the English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Genoveva, and the Polish Genowefa. KEY: English pronunciation for Geneva: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
