Given name & surname
Genet
“from the garden of paradise”·“from Eden”
Genet is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the garden of paradise” (African) and “from Eden” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the garden of paradise” (African) and “from Eden” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 0 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,005 as a first name in 2020; 649 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Genet’s family of names
Genet has a related form in Genette. Genet has a related form in Genetta. In French usage, Genet has a related form in GENIS.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Genettavariant
- Genettvariant
- Genettevariant
- Genetavariant
- Genisvariant · French
- Genèsvariant · French
- Genutvariant
- Genotvariant
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People named Genet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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