Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gin is a variant of Gina. Gina has been associated with Italian and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 35 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 946 as a first name in 2020; 1,588 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gin’s family of names
Gin has a related form in Gina. In Greek usage, Gin as a surname is a transliteration of Γιν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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