I can't imagine any family with you in it being ordinary! Just that the
Genevieve I knew was so ordinary, it rubbed off on her name. And, my first daughter was
Caroline and my second daughter has
Elizabeth as her first mn, so clearly I like them both a lot.
Do you use the English or the French pronunciation? I'm conflicted there, because it's difficult to suddenly give a word its French sound while speaking English: difficult, and unconvincing! But between jen-uh-veev and
Jennifer, I'll take
Jennifer every time.
Your sister sounds wonderful, as if she could take any name, from
Abigail to
Zoe, and make it triumphantly her own.