Entry № 3597 · Amharic origin

Genet Genet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ geh-NET /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Amharic
Meaning
"Paradise, Eden"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Amharic)

A name that means "paradise, eden".

Genet (ገነት) is the Amharic word for "paradise" — referring to the Garden of Eden. Used widely in Ethiopia.

Genet Wami (born 1974) was the Ethiopian Olympic medal-winning long-distance runner.

Paradise. The Ethiopian Eden.

The name in its native script.

ገነት
Transliteration
Gänät
Pronunciation
/ ɡəˈnɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Genet stands.

Genet does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Genets before her.

Real people
Genet Wami
Ethiopian Olympic runner.
born 1974
In fiction
Genet
Common in Ethiopian fiction.

Names connected to Genet.

The number behind Genet.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Genet reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.