Genesis

Genesis meaning

Genesis is an international and Christian girl's name of Greek origin.

Birth, origin, descent; nativity

Also used to mean: beginning

Genesis is the Greek word for birth or origin. Strong's concordance defines genesis as nativity and, figuratively, nature, and gives its sense as birth, origin and descent; the word comes from the same root as genos, "kind" or "family". Genesis is also the name of the first book of the Bible, which tells of the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah and the patriarchs; the title was taken from the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. As a girl's name it carries the sense of a new beginning, and it is pronounced JEN-uh-sis.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), Greek Dictionary of the New Testament, G1078 · entry genesis (γένεσις) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Strong's G1078, genesis (biblehub.com)

Popularity abroad

• #66 United States, girls 2025 (down 11 from 55 in 2024)
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Spellings

Genesis · Genisis · Jenesis

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