Baby name

FADING BOY · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
🇧🇷

Genilson

/zheh · NIL · son/


“Unknown”

Brazilian masculine name built on the root 'Geni' plus the suffix '-son'; a compound construction common in Brazilian naming practices of the 20th century.

geni

strongelegant

How it ages.

Generational and regional; carries a strong mid-century Brazilian identity.

The cultural moment.

Common in northeastern Brazil from the 1960s through 1980s; very rare for newborns now.