diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2bb88c4dd4..47c24b7c4b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ icu4c/source/tools/gennorm/Release
 icu4c/source/tools/gennorm/gennorm
 icu4c/source/tools/gennorm/gennorm.[0-9]
 icu4c/source/tools/gennorm/tmp
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/*.d
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/*.pdb
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/Debug
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/Makefile
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/Release
+icu4c/source/tools/genpname/genpname
 icu4c/source/tools/genprops/*.d
 icu4c/source/tools/genprops/*.pdb
 icu4c/source/tools/genprops/Debug
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genpname/.cvsignore b/icu4c/source/tools/genpname/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fbbb9adf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genpname/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.d
+*.pdb
+Debug
+Makefile
+Release
+genpname
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