English translation/equivalent: Generosa

Origin: Name derived from Latin meaning "noble origin." Only over a period of time did the name assume the significance of "prodigious of heart and of material items."

Name Day/Onomastico: July 17—in memory of St. Generosa, martyred in Carthage together with other faithful.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Generoso

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