Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Genelle is a variant of Gina. Gina has been associated with Italian and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,756
- 0 boys · 1,756 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,231 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Genelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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