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Geneviève

/ʒə.nə.vjɛv/

proper noun/ʒə.nə.vjɛv/

a female given name, equivalent to English Genevieve

From Medieval Latin Genovefa. * Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) + *wībą (“woman, wife”). * Perhaps of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *Genogʷībā (from *genos (“family”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Geneviève — French Dictionary | Passage