Genesis

Where Genesis comes from

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Genesis
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1950
    Genesis P-Orridge born
    British artist, musician and writer
  2. 1964
    First appearance
    #6,767 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2000
    Genesis the Greykid born
    poet artist
  4. 2013
    Peak, #55
    4,306 babies named Genesis — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
Namesakes
  • Genesis P-Orridge · British artist, musician and writer, 1950–2020
  • Genesis the Greykid · poet artist, born 2000

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.