In the Edo period Genjina were used by prostitutes in the red light districts (at which stage the "Genjina" bore no relationship with the previous usage and there was a proliferation of such names).
江戸時代の遊郭で遊女が源氏名を使用した（但しこの段階で源氏物語とは余り関係の無い『源氏名』が多くなったとされる）。