MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ginés mean?
Ginés reached Spanish through Provençal Genès and Latin Genesius from Greek Genesios. Its older Greek vocabulary concerns birth, source or origin.
The dictionary explicitly supplies this chain and related forms in other European languages. The accent is part of the Spanish form and should be retained when the name is recorded exactly. Ginés is not an abbreviated Genesis formed in modern English; its historical transmission is more specific.
The birth association also does not establish a bearer’s birth order or circumstances.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Provençal Genès, from Latin Genesius, from Ancient Greek Γενέσιος (Genésios), related to γένεσις (génesis, “source, origin; birth”). Cognates include Catalan Genís, Galician Xenxo, Basque Giñex, Italian Genesio, French Genès.
a male given name from Occitan
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People with the name Ginés
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ginés Barrientos
Roman Catholic bishop
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ginés Barrientos
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ginés 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 Ginés
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
- Agnes♀Pure or chaste
- Gina♀Short form of Georgina, Regina, and other -gina names
- Ginger♂♀Familiar form of Virginia; also a red-haired nickname
- Gia♂♀Short form of Gianna or Georgia
- Gianna♀God is gracious; Giovanna or Ioanna form
- Gil♂Form of Giles, short form of Gilbert, or Hebrew joy
- Gilda♀Payment or tribute; shortened from -gilda names
- Giliw·Beloved; cherished person
What rhymes with Ginés?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Explore Ginés further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q29014653 — Ginés (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ginés Barrientos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q29014653 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ginés (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.