Spell Check of Genevieve

Common misspellings:

• geneveieve (29%)
• geneveive (29%)
• gevevieve (14%)
• genieve (14%)
• geneve (14%)

Genevieve

Origin: French

Details:
Genevieve as a girl's name is pronounced JEN-a-veev. It is of French origin. Possibly (Old German) "white wave" or (Celtic) "of the race of women". Saint Genevieve, the patroness of Paris, was a fifth-century virgin who defended Paris against the depredations of Attila the Hun, among others. Actress Genevieve Bujold.

Related names: Guinevere.

Sounds Like: Jennavieve, Jenavieve.

Variants: Jenny, Gena, Genavieve, Geneva, Geneve, Geneveeve, Genevie, Genivee, Genivieve, Gennie, Genny, Genovera, Genoveva, Gina, Janeva, Jenevieve, Jennie.

Examples of usage:

1) Genevieve the other one called her. - "The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories", Charles Weathers Bump.

2) You know Genevieve isn't going to get left. - "The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories", Charles Weathers Bump.

3) This Sainte- Aurore convent, in the Rue Neuve Sainte- Genevieve, was a philanthropic refuge " for all young persons of honest parentage who are in circumstances where they run the risk of ruin." - "Superwomen", Albert Payson Terhune.