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View Name: Geneviève
GENEVIÈVE
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
French
Pronounced:
zhe-nə-VYEV, zhaw
n
-VYEV
[key]
From
Genovefa
, a Gaulish name possibly meaning "tribe woman".
Saint
Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, inspired the city to resist the Huns in the 5th century.
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