MEANING & HISTORY
What does Genara mean?
Genara is explicitly recorded as a feminine given name with Genaro as its masculine counterpart. Genaro continues Latin Januarius, a name associated with January.
The month name in turn belongs to Janus, the Roman deity associated with entrances and beginnings. This is a sequence of name formation, not evidence that every Genara was born in January. The feminine ending adapts the personal name and does not introduce a separate word meaning generosity.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, masculine equivalent Genaro
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Genara in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Genara
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Genar♂Shortened back-formation from Genaro
- Genaro♂Belonging to Janus; from Januarius
- Gener♂Shortened Generoso; noble-birth vocabulary
- Geneva♀From the Swiss city Geneva
- Gerard♂Spear and boldness
- Cara♀Beloved in Italian or friend in Irish
- Ciara♀Irish feminine form of Ciar; dark
- Clara♀Clear, bright, or famous
What rhymes with Genara?
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Explore Genara further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Genara (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Genaro (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Januarius (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.