Gennesis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-e-sis
- Origin
- Greek
Gennesis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “origin, beginning”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gennesis mean?
Greek: spelling of Genesis
“origin, beginning”
Greek for origin; the title of the first book of the Bible, which tells of the creation of the world.
Meaning borrowed from Genesis. More on Wiktionary.
Is Gennesis a girl's or a boy's name?
Gennesis is a girls' name.
How popular is Gennesis in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Gennesis in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gennesis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
Names like Gennesis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Genesis, Jenesis, Chloe, Zoe, Addison, Sophia, Alexis, Emerson, Alessia, Artemis, Emery, Camila
Names related to Gennesis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gennesis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gennesis, updated 20 October 2026.