Given name
Genovéva
Genovéva is a feminine given name from German. It is used in Slovak.
Original GermanGenoveva
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Genovéva developed from Genoveva.
Genovéva’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Genovéva has a diminutive in Genovévka. In Slovak usage, Genovéva developed from the German form Genoveva. In Hungarian usage, Genovéva has a conventional equivalent in the English form Genevieve.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Genovéva has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Genovéva comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Genovéva
- Genoveva AñonmanEquatorial Guinean association football player and managerborn 1989
- Genoveva Torres MoralesSpanish Roman Catholic nun and saint (1870-1956)
- Genoveva UmehNigerian actressborn 1995
- Genoveva MatuteFilipino writer (1915–2009)
- Eva ForestSpanish publisher and writer (1928-2007)
- Genoveva DawsonArgentinian botanist (1918-2012)
- Genoveva RíosBolivian hero (born 1865)
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