Genevieve
noun
Saint, a.d. 422–512, French nun: patron saint of Paris.
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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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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
University of Ottawa public policy expert Genevieve Tellier told AFP she expects the deficit to be "very large."
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
R360's proposed four-team women's event is an exhibition-style showpiece that could leave players short of form and fitness, says Premiership Women's Rugby executive chair Genevieve Shore.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
“We had to straddle the line between the brashness and sometimes crude nature of kitchen culture,” says Matthew Bamberg-Johnson, the co-artistic director of Speakeasy Society with Julianne Just and Genevieve Gearhart.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Think her name was Genevieve, called her Aunt Gennie, lived up in Ohio and would check in on your mama whenever she came back home.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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