Genevieve
noun
Saint, a.d. 422–512, French nun: patron saint of Paris.
Genevieve
American
[jen-uh-veev]
/ ˈdʒɛn əˌviv /
French
Geneviève
noun
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Saint, a.d. 422–512, French nun: patron saint of Paris.
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a female given name.
Geneviève
British
/ ˈdʒɛnɪˌviːv, ʒənvjɛv /
noun
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Coastal areas have also seen dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks amid multiple southerly swells, most recently due to Tropical Storm Genevieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Tropical swells generated by Hurricanes Elida, Fausto and Genevieve off Mexico have been slamming the shore for two weeks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Genevieve McDonald, a former political director for Platner’s campaign who resigned after his Reddit posts became public, said the campaign failed to conduct an adequate vetting operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
In 2022, Katie and John Meehan's nine-month-old daughter, Genevieve, died at a nursery in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“If you try to throw me out of the League, I will dial up Genevieve von Hapsburg in New York City myself,” I hiss, because I happen to know Genevieve’s Hilly’s hero.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Geneviève de Galard became a celebrated figure exactly 70 years ago when she was the only woman nurse tending French casualties inside the doomed redoubt of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
This article was written in collaboration with Geneviève Masson, a sports nutritionist who advises high performance athletes at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific and teaches at Langara College in Vancouver.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023
She brings to the castle needed woman’s perspective and companionship for Geneviève, mother to the clueless Golaud and Pelléas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
“People with disabilities often lack confidence in themselves and think of themselves as excluded from all these events,” said the minister, Geneviève Darrieussecq.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
She commands the musicians to play and that Geneviève Gareau, the most beloved opera singer in the kingdom, be brought in to sing.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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