Given name & surname
Genna
“of the race of women; the white wave”
Genna is a variant of Genevieve. One French interpretation is “of the race of women; the white wave.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Genna is a variant of Genevieve. One French interpretation is “of the race of women; the white wave.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Genna is a variant of Genevieve. An origin associated with Genevieve is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Italian Genna, from Arabic جَنَّة (“garden”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,032
- 0 boys · 3,032 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,176 as a first name in 2020; 834 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.
Genna’s family of names
In English usage, Genna has a related form in Jenna. Genna has a related form in Genevieve.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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