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 [ 2 syll. ge-nie, gen-ie ] The girl name Genie is pronounced JHIYNiy KEY. Genie's language of origin is Old Greek and it is used largely in the English language. Genie is a pet form of Eugenia (English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish). Genie is also a short form (English) of Eugenie (German). Genie is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1903 with 0.006% of baby girls being given the name Genie. It was #844 in rank then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. Among all girl names in its family, Genie was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008. Genie has also been used as a boy name. Baby names that sound like Genie include Gini (English), Jeanie (English and Scottish), Jeannie (English and Scottish), Jini (English), Geanna (English), Gemine (English), Gemma (German and Italian), Gena (English), Genna (English), Genni (English), Gennie (English), Genny (English), Gian (Italian), Gianna (Italian), Gina (English, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Spanish, and German), Ginah (English), Ginia (English and Spanish), Ginie (English), Ginney (English), and Ginni (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Genie: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
