Given name & surname · also Italian
Gina
“God is gracious”·“queen”·“a queenly woman”
Gina is a form of Jean. In French use, Jean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” In English use, Gina is a diminutive of Regina. Interpretations include “queen” (Latin) and “a queenly woman” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original ItalianGia
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gina is a form of Jean. In French use, Jean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” In English use, Gina is a diminutive of Regina. Interpretations include “queen” (Latin) and “a queenly woman” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions. Gina is a form of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.” In English use, Gina has a related form in Jena. One Arabic interpretation is “our little bird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Italian and English naming traditions.
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Gina is a diminutive of Regina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 153,461
- 404 boys · 153,057 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 6,372 babies
- 2025
- 90
- #2,085 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 90 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,085 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6,358 in 1967. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147,074 as a first name in 2020; 202 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.
Gina’s family of names
In English usage, Gina is a diminutive of Regina. Gina is a form of Jean. In Polish usage, Gina is a diminutive of Georgina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gina has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 24
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gina
- Gina LollobrigidaItalian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)
- Gina CaranoAmerican actress and former mixed martial artist (born 1982)
- Gina GershonAmerican actressborn 1962
- Gina Raimondo40th United States Secretary of Commerceborn 1971
- Gina RodriguezAmerican actressborn 1984
- Gina TorresAmerican actress (born 1968)born 1969
- Gina HaspelAmerican intelligence officer (born 1956)
- Gina RinehartAustralian businesspersonborn 1954
- Gina McKeeBritish actressborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Kimberly
“of the royal fortress”
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Lisa
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