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I knew a Genevieve once who was the most ordinary child in the school. (Her sisters were Colleen and Anne.) And that made the name seem pretentious and inappropriate: perhaps if she'd had personality and good looks, it would have fitted better. The French pronunciation is only feasible in France, I think, or other Francophone regions, and there is a much easier way for English speakers to have a daughter known as Jenny. Easier to spell, too.