Genine
Feminine · “God is gracious”
Genine is Jeanine spelled with a G, a soft two-syllable name from the French family of Jeanne. The name belongs to a Belgian nun whose guitar song reached the top of the American charts.
How old is the name Genine?
Genine first appears in US birth records in 1942 — 83 years ago. The typical Genine alive today was born around 1970, making them about 55 years old. About 500 people named Genine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Genine most popular?
Genine peaked in 1964, reaching #2195 nationally. See the whole 1964 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Jeanne to Genine
The story of Genine
Jeanine Deckers, a Dominican sister in Belgium known as Soeur Sourire, recorded a cheerful song about Saint Dominic, and Dominique went to number one in America, a nun with a guitar outselling the pop stars of the day. Her name was the French Jeanine, and American families spelled it many ways, Janine, Jeannine and Genine among them. The G spelling has no older source, and nothing records who chose it.
Meaningscholars disagree
God is gracious, through Jeanine
Jeanine is a French diminutive of Jeanne, the feminine of John, God is gracious. Genine is most likely a spelling of it, though the record does not say so.
How the name formed
- Jeanne
- Jeanine
- Genine
Related forms: Jeannine · Janine
Pronouncing Genine
juh-NEEN
Stress on the second syllable.
Nicknames for Genine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1942
- Most girls named
- 197036 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2195reached in 1964
- Change vs 1992
- 0.0%5 in 1994, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Genine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jeannine in French — same name
- Janine in English — spelling variant
Genines among us
people named Genine are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Genine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like a familiar, gentle name.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- People will write Janine or Jeanine.
- Some will read the G as hard, GEN-een.
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Frequently asked
- How many Genines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Genine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Genine in 2025?
- Genine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Genine with classmates?
- Genine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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