Genevieve (given name)

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Genevieve (French: Geneviève) is a female given name of Germanic or Celtic origin. It may be from the Germanic name *Kenowefa (Latinized as Genoveva) meaning "Woman of the race".^[1]

People with this name[]

• Sainte Geneviève, French saint (Patron saint of Paris) in Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
• Genevieve Angelson (born 1987), American TV and film actress
• Genevieve Armstrong (born 1988), New Zealand rower
• Geneviève Behrend (1881–1960), French-born author and teacher
• Genevieve Behrent (born 1990), New Zealand rower
• Genevieve Blatt (1913–1996), American judge and politician
• Geneviève Brunet (born 1959), Canadian female cyclist
• Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), Canadian actress
• Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician
• Genevieve Chappell (born 1972), American television personality
• Genevieve Gorder (born 1974), American television host and interior designer
• Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City
• Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress
• Geneviève Lacambre (born 1937), French heritage curator
• Genevieve Morton (born 1986), South-African swimsuit top-model
• Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979), Nigerian actress
• Genevieve Padalecki (born 1981), American actress
• Geneviève Page (born 1927), French actress
• Genevieve Pezet (1913–2009), American-born French artist
• Genevieve Schatz, American singer
• Geneviève Simard (born 1980), Canadian alpine skier
• Genevieve Westcott (1955–2020), New Zealand journalist and television presenter
• Genevieve Woo (born 1969), Singaporean television news presenter

Fictional characters[]

• Genevieve, a vintage car, title character of the classic British film Genevieve
• Genevieve, the dog in Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
• Princess Genevieve, main protagonist in the animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
• Genevieve Atkinson in the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Geneviève Emery in the French film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, played by Catherine Deneuve
• Genevieve Selsor in the chapter "The Silent Towns", in the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
• Genevieve Villard in CrossGen Comics' Sigilverse
• Geneviève in the movie Rush Hour 3
• "Sweet Lady Genevieve", a 1973 song by the Kinks
• Genevieve from To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
• Genevieve, main protagonist in the book The Birth of Tomorrow by Matteo Metallo
• Genevieve Mirren-Carter, Boyle's partner in the American TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine

See also[]

• Genovefa (disambiguation)
• Guinevere

References[]

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