Etymology

From Medieval Latin Genovefa, Latinization of French Geneviève.

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