Given name & surname
Genia
“a wellborn woman”
In Polish use, Genia is a diminutive of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Genia is a diminutive of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Genia is a diminutive of Genowefa. Genowefa comes from Medieval Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,673
- 0 boys · 1,673 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 57 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 57 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,550 as a first name in 2020; 116 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.
Genia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Genia is a diminutive of Eugenia. Genia has a related form in Gene. In Polish usage, Genia is a diminutive of Genowefa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Genia
- Genia AverbuchIsraeli architect (1909–1977)
- Genia BergerIsraeli artist (1907-2000)
- Genia NikolajewaRussian actress (1904-2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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