Genesis
JEN-uh-sis
A name meaning “beginning” or “origin,” lifted directly from the first book of the Bible.
Meaning
Genesis comes from the Greek word for “birth,” “origin,” or “beginning,” and is the title of the first book of the Bible because it opens the scriptural story of creation and the earliest human history. As a given name, it carries the sense of a fresh start, first beginnings, or something newly brought into being.
Origin
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Fun fact
In Christian tradition, Genesis is especially associated with creation, making it one of the most explicitly “first-principles” names in use.
Confidence: pattern inferred. Sources: based on general naming-pattern knowledge.