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Geneva

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
3
Peak era
1910s/1920s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

from the city of Geneva; also a form of Genevieve

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Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1910s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Geneva peaked in the 1910s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

239 people · the #22,399 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 61

1940s1950s1960s1970s

Among people named Geneva living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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