Genaro is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “devoted to Janus.” In 2024 it was given to 57 boys in the United States.
Genaro at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
“devoted to Janus”
About the name Genaro
Genaro belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “devoted to Janus” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Genaro first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #840 in 1936, and in 2024 57 babies received the name — 7,607 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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