http://monalyssasmile.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] monalyssasmile.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2007-09-08 08:09 pm

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I just watched a movie where they named the baby in it, Genevieve.  What do you think of the name?

I like it.  It's better than Jennifer and other Jen/Gen names.

[identity profile] ladyincendiary.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I've always liked the name; my first best friend's name was Genevieve and we calledI her Genny. I think it's very pretty.

[identity profile] prudeprostitute.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
I've always loved that name. For some reason, it reminds me of medieval times.

[identity profile] fireyirishangel.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
I love the name Genevieve!

[identity profile] bohemianvegan.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
I worked with a grandmother named Genevieve. We called her Jenny.

[identity profile] norwegianeyes.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
don't like it.
at all.

[identity profile] moldycelery.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I absolutely adore it, though it occasionally makes me think of Madeline's dog.

[identity profile] bluekoala.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
YES! I always think of Madeline!

I'm not really a fan though :(

[identity profile] jordle.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
I think Genevieve is really nice and there are lots of nn that can be used.

[identity profile] neverstarsburn.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
i like it, but i like it especially if its pronounced the french way (jen-uh-vee-ahv)

[identity profile] ugottafriend.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
One of my favorite names EVER and I would definitely use it!

[identity profile] americandiva.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
i love it and would def use it...but its my cousins name

we usually call her Genevieve or just Gen.

[identity profile] ladydiddymus.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
I love it, but I don't know if I would ever use it just because I don't like the nn's Gen or Genny very much and I know people would try to call her that.

[identity profile] ladydiddymus.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
oh and p.s. was it the lifetime movie with the boy from Little Miss Sunshine?? haha because that's what movie Genevieve reminds me of.

[identity profile] omgzits--tam.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Were you watching Le Divorce?

I like the name, but I hate its nicknames: Jen/Gen, Jenny/Genny. I wish it could stay on its own but it's far too long for that. Maybe Ginny? I like that one, though it has Harry Potter written all over it.

[identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I love Genevieve nn Ginny.

[identity profile] rroso.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I tend to prefer Genevie (without the vive at the end) I had a friend with that name & I always thought it flowed a little better. Her nn was Vie.

[identity profile] sloane-hd.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always loved Genevieve, it's on my list too. I'd use Genny as a nn.

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2007-09-09 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it.

I seem to always see/hear it in my head pronounced as zhahn-vee-evv, though, and that seems pretentious/very few others would see it like that. It was my name in French class in high school.

I like it jenn-uhh-veev though too. :)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/ 2007-09-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it said either way, but prefer the French "Zhahn-vee-ev."

[identity profile] venicecalling.livejournal.com 2007-09-14 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
i like the french pronunciation, not the anglicised versison.

[identity profile] venicecalling.livejournal.com 2007-09-14 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
although i'm confused as to why people are thinking it's a weird Z sound.... 0_o