Given name & surname · also Latin
Genís
“source, origin; birth”
Genís is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Genís goes back to a word meaning “source, origin; birth.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Genís comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Genís developed from Γενέσιος.
Genís’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Genís shares a linguistic root with the Italian form GENESIO. In Catalan usage, Genís has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ginés. In Catalan usage, Genís shares a linguistic root with the French form Genès.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Genís has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Genís comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Genís
- Genís GarcíaAndorran footballerborn 1978
- Genís García JunyentSpanish footballerborn 1975
- Genís MontolioSpanish association football playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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