home > boy names > genghis

Genghis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Genghis

[ 2 syll. gen-(g)his, ge-ngh-is ] The boy name Genghis is pronounced as JHEHNGHHahS KEY. Genghis is used mostly in the English language and its language of origin is Mongolian. The name's meaning is greatest.

Genghis is an unusual baby name for boys. It is ranked outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Genghis include the Spanish Gencho, the Polish Genek, the Greek Giannis, the Greek Giannos, the Greek Gioannes, the Czech Janco, the Hungarian Jancsi, the Indian Janesh, the Slavic Janez, the Breton and French Janic, the Breton and French Janick, the Latvian and Lithuanian Janis, the Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian Janko, the Hungarian Jankó, the Breton and French Jannic, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannick, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannik, the Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Jannis, the Hungarian Janos, and the Hungarian Janós.

A famous person named Genghis is Genghis Khan, Military Leader.

KEY: Pronunciation for Genghis: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
Popularity Trend
for Genghis
from 1900 to 2008
Variant Popularity Chart
for Genghis
in 2008
 

Meaning of Genghis