Given name
Ginnie
“one who is chaste; virginal”
In English use, Ginnie is a variant of Ginny. In English use, Ginny carries the interpretation “one who is chaste; virginal.” In English use, Ginnie is a diminutive of Virginia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ginnie is a variant of Ginny. In English use, Ginny carries the interpretation “one who is chaste; virginal.” In English use, Ginnie is a diminutive of Virginia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ginnie is a diminutive of Virginia. An origin associated with Virginia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Ginnie is a diminutive of Virginia. In English usage, Ginnie is a diminutive of Ginevra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ginnie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 787
- 0 boys · 787 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 30 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 girls is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 685 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.
Ginnie’s family of names
In English usage, Ginnie is a diminutive of Virginia. In English usage, Ginnie has a related form in Ginny. In English usage, Ginnie has a related form in Ginny.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 Ginnie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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