Genie

Where Genie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Genie.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Genie through the years
  1. 1864
    Genie Sheppard born
    British militant suffragette
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #536
    13 babies named Genie, its best rank.
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1929
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
  • A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
Namesakes
  • Genie Sheppard · British militant suffragette, 1864–1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.