Kommt Genevieve in der Bibel vor? Nein, er stammt von der Schutzpatronin von Paris

Genevieve is not in the Bible. It is the English form of the French Geneviève, which comes from Genovefa, a medieval name of uncertain origin. It became a Christian name through Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, who in 451 urged the city to pray rather than flee from Attila’s Huns. What does Genevieve mean? No one knows for certain. Genovefa may come from two Germanic words, one meaning “clan, family” and the other “wife, woman,” and that reading…