Given name & surname
Genie
“a wellborn woman”·“a wellborn man”
In English use, Genie is a diminutive of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.” In English use, Genie is a diminutive of Eugene. One Greek interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Genie is a diminutive of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.” In English use, Genie is a diminutive of Eugene. One Greek interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Genie is a diminutive of Eugene. Eugene has been associated with Old French and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Genie is a diminutive of Eugene. In English usage, Genie is a diminutive of Gene.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,910
- 173 boys · 2,737 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,784 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,784 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,208 as a first name in 2020; 105 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Genie’s family of names
In English usage, Genie is a diminutive of Eugene. Genie has a related form in Gene. In English usage, Genie is a diminutive of Gene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Genie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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