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Genevieve

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Geneva’s nice, but Genevieve is much better - more elegant and with more historical significance.
Something like Genevieve Louise or Genevieve Lisette would be nice.

I prefer Genevieve, because
A: It sounds more pleasant
B: Geneva makes me think of Nazi war crimes.

I'd use Geneva before I would use Genevieve. I like the French Genevieve - which is awkward for an English speaker imo - but the English pronunciation seems overbearing to me. I don't mind the name too much though, and I see why people would prefer it (Geneva being a city). I've encountered young girls named each, and I thought Geneva seemed much cooler tbh.

This message was edited 10/31/2020, 12:48 AM

Genevieve

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Genevieve is lovely. Geneva is a city.

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That said, Ginevra seems to me like it might be the obvious compromise between the two. It’s a people name (so not a city) and it’s still short and pretty close to Geneva.

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Genevieve Marie
Genevieve Anne
Genevieve Sophie
Genevieve April
Genevieve Coralie
Genevieve Rosalie
Genevieve Beatrice

I suppose I prefer Geneva, because everyone can spell and pronounce it. But I love Genevieve with its actual French pronunciation - fat hope of that!

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I wouldn't use any combo; I wouldn't use either name. If I wanted a Jenny daughter, I'd go the Jennifer route.

Genevieve Rose, Faith, Amy, Kate, Imogen, Portia, Jasmine, Nadine, Natalie, Laura, Lisa, Miranda, Matilda, Naomi, Phoebe, Ruth, Ruby, Lily, Lucy, Susannah, Tessa, Vanessa, Cassandra, Chloe, Zoe, Zara

Genevieve

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This was not a hard choice at all. For a combo, I think I’d use Genevieve Rosalind or Genevieve Annelie, both middle names for honoring purposes.

Geneva

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I like Genevieve too, but I love Geneva for the longest time.

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If I ever decide on using this name, I plan on using Geneva Christine

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Other favorites:

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Geneva Margot
Geneva Jacqueline
Geneva Carolyn/Geneva Caroline
Geneva Eleanor

Geneva

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I have a Geneva June in my family tree. I kind of like that.

Genevieve.

Genevieve. Geneva is a city in Switzerland that has an airport so it's just way too destination-like for me and unlike Sofia not well established enough as a name to not make me think of the city. Ginevra is better than Geneva.

Neither both look pretentious to me :/