Gennady (), also transcribed Gennadi, Gennadiy, Hennadiy, Hienadzij, Hennady or Henadzi, is a Russian male name. It is derived from the Greek given name Γεννάδιος (Gennadios), latinized Gennadius or Italian Gennaro.
People Gary Vee (born Gennady Vaynerchuk), American businessman Gennadi Bogachyov (1945–2023), Soviet and Russian actor Gennadi Bogachyov, Russian footballer
Gennadi Gagulia (1948–2018), Abkhazian politician Gennadi Karponosov, Soviet and Russian Olympic and world champion ice dancer and coach Gennadi Simov, Bulgarian cyclist Gennadi Sosonko, Russian-born Dutch chess grandmaster Gennadi Syomin (1967–2021), Russian footballer and football coach Gennadi Vainikko (1938–2024), Estonian mathematician Gennadi Vengerov, Soviet, Russian and German actor Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player Gennadi Yukhtin (1932–2022), Russian actor Gennadi Zaichik, Georgian and American chess grandmaster Gennady Churilov, Russian ice hockey player Gennady Dobrokhotov (1948–2025), Soviet boxer Gennady Gladkov (1935–2023), Soviet and Russian composer Gennady Golovkin (born 1982), Kazakh boxer Gennady Gudkov (born 1956), Russian politician and businessman Gennady Korotkevich (born 1994), Belarusian sport programmer Gennady Logofet, Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach Gennady Mikhasevich, prolific Soviet serial killer and rapist Gennady of Novgorod, Russian archbishop Gennady Padalka (born 1958), Russian cosmonaut Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931–2018), Soviet and Russian conductor Gennady Semenovich Makanin, Russian mathematician Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004), Soviet cosmonaut Gennady Timchenko, Russian oligarch
Gennady Vasilyev, Russian film director Gennady Yanayev, the only vice president of the Soviet Union Gennady Zyuganov, Russian political party leader and assemblyman Genndy Tartakovsky (born 1970), Russian-American cartoonist Gienek Loska (1975–2020), Belarusian and Polish singer-songwriter Giennadij Jerszow (born 1967), Polish and Ukrainian sculptor Henadzi Aliashchuk, also known as Gennady Oleshchuk, (born 1975), Belarusian weightlifter Henadzi Makhveyenia, also known as Gennady Makhveyenya, (born 1983), Belarusian weightlifter. Hennadiy Vasilyev, Ukrainian politician