Given name & surname

Ginni

“one who is chaste; virginal”

Ginni is a variant of Ginny. In English use, Ginny carries the interpretation “one who is chaste; virginal.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ginni is a variant of Ginny. In English use, Ginny carries the interpretation “one who is chaste; virginal.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ginni through the years

Babies since 1880
199
0 boys · 199 girls
Most popular year
1974
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024681960198020002025Highest share 19740.0
Ginni in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1945–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 324 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Ginni’s family of names

Ginni has a related form in Ginny. In English usage, Ginni has a related form in Ginnie. In Greek usage, Ginni as a surname is a transliteration of Γκιννή.

Walk Ginni’s family in the name graph

GinniGynniΓκιννήGinnyGinnie

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

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 Ginni

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Ginni, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Nickname-names

Ginger

“a lively woman; resembling the spice”

31RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Melony

“a dark-skinned beauty”

20RareEasing

>99% girls

English · Nature

Gina

“God is gracious” · “queen”

38RareEasing

>99% girls

English

Loni

“having the strength of a lion”

20RareSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew

Rani

“a lovely singer; a queenly woman”

27RareSteady

14% boys · 86% girls

Saints

Gigi

“of God's promise; a hostage” · “of the beginning; the first book of the Bible”

34RareRising

>99% girls

Hawaiian

Kina

“woman of China”

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

American · Nature

Marni

“woman of the sea”

26RareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ginni’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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