ginevra is connected to juniper. leonardo da vinci did a painting of ginevra de benci which has juniper bushes in the background as a pun on her name
http://www.paulgraham.com/ginevra.html
http://www.isyours.com/e/guide/geneva/history.htmlthis has a little on the history which seems to have nothing to do with juniper, though every time i looked up ginevra, i got a bunch of hits on geneva...