Genesis Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Genesis

Genesis Name Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: jenn-ah-sis
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Genesis Name Meaning

With a meaning as powerful as “the beginning,” Genesis is a Greek name loaded with potential. A reference to the beginning of Earth and man, the name is fitting for the gift of new life, especially if she’s a couple’s first child.

Genesis works well with a number of today’s trends. She’s a word name, as are trendy choices Paisley, Aria, and Karma, but also a bit virtuesque like Hope or Grace. In addition, Genesis is strong name, shunning the delicate sounds of modern monikers with her powerful feel like Nova and Freya.

Best known for her biblical roots, Genesis is the name of the first book in the Old Testament. The Book of Genesis details the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, and the great flood in its texts. It’s the starting point in Judaism and Christianity, an incredibly impactful scripture in both religions. Genesis is a clear way of showing your devotion to your faith.

Genesis isn’t a trendy name, despite rocketing to the Top 100 charts in the past decades. She has a history to her that doesn’t quite make her classic, but gives her a depth to avoid the label placed upon Kinsleyor Nevaeh.

Similar names include Exodus, Eden, and Jubilee.

Genesis Name Popularity

How popular is the name Genesis? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
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1975	2,797	5	0.0004%
1976	2,756	5	0.0004%
1977	2,847	5	0.0004%
1978	1,844	17	0.0013%
1979	1,812	21	0.0015%
1980	2,025	16	0.0011%
1981	1,973	18	0.0012%
1982	1,909	19	0.0013%
1983	1,450	37	0.0025%
1984	1,835	21	0.0014%
1985	1,602	32	0.0021%
1986	1,680	29	0.0019%
1987	1,079	87	0.0057%
1988	755	198	0.0127%
1989	638	282	0.0175%
1990	582	350	0.0211%
1991	444	535	0.0328%
1992	381	637	0.0399%
1993	434	538	0.0345%
1994	268	1,021	0.0665%
1995	332	756	0.0502%
1996	285	987	0.0659%
1997	256	1,108	0.0749%
1998	265	1,155	0.0772%
1999	255	1,209	0.0807%
2000	246	1,278	0.0837%
2001	222	1,406	0.0933%
2002	230	1,341	0.0895%
2003	218	1,467	0.0964%
2004	184	1,845	0.1211%
2005	155	2,204	0.1442%
2006	168	2,079	0.1328%
2007	140	2,470	0.1565%
2008	95	3,508	0.227%
2009	83	3,656	0.2446%
2010	90	3,293	0.2285%
2011	81	3,500	0.2457%
2012	57	4,285	0.3007%
2013	56	4,277	0.3004%
2014	69	4,149	0.2848%
2015	66	4,149	0.2851%
2016	58	4,322	0.2998%
2017	56	4,223	0.3026%
2018	57	4,050	0.2948%
2019	58	3,997	0.2953%
2020	62	3,612	0.2838%
2021	73	3,108	0.2542%
2022	65	3,413	0.2587%

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Data via SSA.gov.

Names Like Genesis

If you like Genesis, you’ll love these other names like Genesis.

What names are diminutives of Genesis?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Genesis sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Genesis, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Jen	Fair one; white and smooth, soft	Welsh
Jenn	Fair one	Welsh
Jenna	Fair magical being	English

What names are variants of Genesis?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Genesis.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Genesies	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Genesiss	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Genessa	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Genisa	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Genisia	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Genisis	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Gennesis	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Gennesiss	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Jenesis	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Jenesyss	Origin, birth	Hebrew
Jennasis	Origin, birth	Hebrew

What names sound like Genesis?

If you like how Genesis sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Genesis.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender

Exodus	Exit of Large Group	Greek
Gemma	Precious stone	Italian
Genevieve	Family woman	French
Jancess
Jancis		Modern
Jemma	Form of Gemma	English
Jennifer	Fair magical being	English

What names are similar to Genesis?

Find a name that’s like Genesis, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Angel	Heavenly messenger	Greek
Faith	Devotion	English
Grace	Gracious one	English
Harmony	Perfect unity	English
Heaven	Paradise	English
Honor	Woman of honor	Latin
Hope	Desire to be	English
Nevaeh	Heaven	American

Serenity	Calmness	English
Trinity	The Holy Trinity	English

Lists With Genesis

Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Genesis.

Siblings of Genesis

Mamas with kids named Genesis also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Elias	My God is Yahweh	Hebrew
Jaiden	Thankful one	Hebrew
Shepherd	Shepherd	English
Julianne	Youthful; Jove's child	Latin
Lila	Night	Arabic

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22 Comments

Mary Nov 9 at 6:01 pm

She has so much personality she’s funny and so full of life already she is becoming independent by holding her own pacifier and trying to hold her bottle

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Genesis Jun 27 at 5:23 pm

when I was a child my parents always told me I was a new chapter of the life of my parents and my older sister Emily.

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Jasmine Dec 28 at 11:59 am

Genesis is the first book of the Bible & also means new beginnings

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Barbara Rubio Jun 2 at 8:15 am

We renewed our vows on our tenth wedding anniversary. We were finally able to conceive right after that. So we named our daughter Genesis because we loved the name and because she was and is and always will be our beginning.

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Mama Kateri Solberg May 18 at 7:36 am

My mother, Gene, was named after her grandfather, when they thought for sure she would be a girl. Well, after my mother passed away I wanted to name my daughter after her but don’t care for my mother’s spelling of “Jean“, so we are going with Genesis.

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Chigozie Jan 19 at 1:44 pm

We named our son Genesis after trying to conceive for 10 years, he is the beginning of a new phase in our life. We call him Genn.

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Jenica Nov 28 at 7:11 pm

Because genesis is powerful and the meaning of genesis is a new beginning it said in the bible the begging of heaven and earth

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Kelsey Sep 19 at 4:08 pm

Genesis is our firstborn, the first grandchild on both sides, and she was also conceived on our honeymoon so she has literally been with us since “the beginning”. We also really like that it is unique yet recognizable by most in the US, and has many options for nicknames (Gennie, Gen, Sis, Sissy). It’s also just a beautiful name which holds both spiritual significance for us, and also brings to mind natural imagery (the creation story in the Bible).

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Nancy Apr 5 at 10:24 am

I love this name and it goes well with both boy or girl

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Brian Franklin Parker Mar 22 at 4:14 pm

I am literally by far one of the very luckiest humans on this planet since have a miraculously wonderful friend named Genesis & i find it incredibly astonishing that Genesis means a new beginning since when my miraculously wonderful friend Genesis entered my world that’s literally exactly what she gave me a new beginning! What i mean by that is although she didn’t make me who i am she did bring out the very best in me & changed my life for the very better & literally all she had to do was enter my world & be as miraculously adorable as she is! As far as i’m concerned she is mother natures most miraculously adorable creation & she is also a Fair magical being which is probably why everyone close with her calls her Jenna LOL! They’ll literally never be enough words in the English language or any other language to describe how proud of & amazed by my miraculously adorable baby butterfly Genesis (aka) Jenna i am now have been since the very precise moment i met her & always will be so instead i’m simply gonna give everyone who’s reading this my full assurance & promise that my miraculously wonderful friend named Genesis who you can call Jenna only if you’re cool LOL who i call my baby butterfly since i literally love her like a daughter & she is indeed mother nature’s most miraculously adorable creation is going to change the world for the better! You’ve probably heard the song Imagine by John Lennon & then A Perfect Circle did a re-make of it & when you hear that lovely song it’s heavenly but then you stop dreaming & i am here to tell you It’s OK to keep your faith that the lovely heavenly world John Lennon Imagined is going to be our world someday before too long since my miraculously wonderful friend named Genesis is breathing! I’d like to take this next moment to say thank you to every person reading this for literally every single nice thing you’ve ever done since you’ve been breathing & literally every single nice thing you do in the future since every nice thing you do despite how minuscule it may seem at the time is a small step towards John Lennon’s lovely heavenly dream actually becoming our world! Genesis my miraculously adorable & wonderful Baby Butterfly Friend who i will always love like a daughter if you’re reading this please don’t ever forget how much i love you & how proud of & amazed by you i am now & always will be & please don’t ever let anyone in this world make you feel anything less than miraculously adorable since you are indeed mother nature’s most miraculously adorable creation & you most definitely always will be sweetie i hope you & everyone else who reads this has an incredibly fantastic day today & everyday MAD LOVE TO EVERYONE WHO JUST READ MY THOUGHTS LOL!

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Atrianis Mar 14 at 7:37 am

Genesis is the first book of the Bible and the beginning. My daughter is and was the beginning to a new chapter in my life.

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Damaries Jan 6 at 12:04 pm

We were in the car listening to music struggling with names. And the song In the Air tonight came on the radio by the band Genesis. My husband looked over at me and said what about Genesis. I looked up the name and it means a new beginning which her being our first child it was for us. So it stuck. The funny thing is we never call her by her name we decided early on her nickname would be Gigi and that’s what everyone calls her.

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Yvonne Nov 2 at 4:19 pm

I love the name Genesis. It means the origin or beginning. After a rough time in our marriage, my husband and I moved and started a whole new life in another state not expecting to ever conceive our precious baby girl and she definitely was a surprise.

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genesis Sep 16 at 4:59 pm

hi im Genesis and i wasnt the first child i was the second child i live a happy life with two sister and one brother we all love each other my moms the only person taking care of us bc my dads in jail but we all had some mistakes but e still forgive each other were all hapy we are a big family

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- Jacia Jan 27 at 4:18 am
  
  Hi sweetheart! I’m so glad you have a loving family and a wonderful mama who loves you very much. I hope everything goes well for you. I love your name and I hope to give it to my future daughter one day.
  
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Gabrielle Apr 30 at 2:17 pm

I chose her name to be Genesis because it means “the beginning”. And that’s exactly what she is to me. My little beginning.

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Genesis Feb 7 at 6:53 pm

My name is Genesis and I was the first child of my family. My family likes to find names in the bible and since I was the First child they had,They named my Genesis whiched means the origin or mode of formation of something,(but sometimes my friends call me Gen). I have never met someone here in Florida, But I have met a girl named Genesis in Honduras. Most girls that I met named Genesis are Hispanic. Does anyone know anyone who has the name Genesis and Not hispanic

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- Genesis lol Feb 20 at 4:49 pm
  
  Sooo, my name is Genesis * cough * and I am a mix of different Asians and whites. I have realized the name is getting more and more popular which is a little sad (I’ve always liked having a rare name haha) but I really do think it’s a cool name! It’s funny, my parents also wanted me to have a bible name but I am the second born so you have no idea how many times people have called me Exodus saying that should have been my name XD
  
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- daira Jan 19 at 11:13 am
  
  my lil sister name is genesis and we had a hard time to chosse her name.
  
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- Genesis Mar 13 at 1:20 pm
  
  My name is Genesis and I am not Hispanic. I am African American. I am the last of 3 children but the only girl. My family has a tradition of biblical names, Joseph, Grace, Faith, Hope, Charity, Nazareth, Steven and a few others. Mine is definitely pretty original; which I love! I have met very few people named Genesis, and they are mostly Latina. The actress Viola Davis has the cutest little girl named Genesis. I am an adult with 2 sons but if I had a girl, I would have continued the tradition. We’ll see what my son’s decide when they become adults.
  
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Kershaun Jan 12 at 11:16 am

We chose the Genesis because this was going to be our first child and Genesis is the first book of the bible. God blessed us with this child,so it was only right to name her Genesis. We love everything about her name. We can’t see her with any other name.

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Maygon Sep 5 at 11:46 pm

I choose Genesis for my baby girl because it’s the first book in the Bible and I love using biblical names because they have meanings that mean something special to our family.

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