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Genevieve
by Alice (alice17)
10/5/2005, 9:26 AM
Hello, I have met a girl recently (called Genevieve) who thinks her name means "race of women" yet I know this site says that is wrong!She says:Gene: Possibly from "genere", meaning type or "gene", which relates to life and DNA (which relates to your race).
Possibly, we could say "gender". Eve: Eve from the Bible story. I think she is talking a lot of nonsense but what do I knowAnyway, I was wondering how old the name is? Like how far back in records would I be able to find itThanksAlice
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- Siri (guest)
10/5/2005, 10:30 AM
Um?Gene is a fairly recent word, its not at all related to Genevieve, and Eve means "To breathe" not woman.That theory is just not true at all!Elizabeth
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
10/5/2005, 10:48 AM
The original St. Genevieve lived in France in the 5th century A.D. I am not sure when the modern French spelling Genevieve was first used but I suspect it must be at least five or six hundred years old.
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- Miss Claire
10/5/2005, 11:23 AM
errrrrr... Gene I can see, but Eve has no meaning per se, it is the English and French form of Chava, which doesn't mean "woman"... sorry...
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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- Caprice
10/5/2005, 12:09 PM
She's totally wrong. Genevieve hasn't got anything to do with neither Gene nor Eve.I wish I were as crazy as people say I am
~ Loesje
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