Given name
Jinny
“one who is fair; a beautiful girl”·“of the race of women; the white wave”·“a wellborn woman”
Jinny is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.” In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Virginia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jinny is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.” In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Virginia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.” In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Genevieve. One French interpretation is “of the race of women; the white wave.” In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jinny is a variant of Jennifer. An origin associated with Jennifer is Celtic. In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Virginia. An origin associated with Virginia is Latin. In English use, Jinny is a diminutive of Genevieve. An origin associated with Genevieve is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Jinny is a diminutive of Virginia. In English usage, Jinny is a diminutive of Genevieve.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jinny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 821
- 0 boys · 821 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 27 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,333 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.
Jinny’s family of names
In English usage, Jinny is a diminutive of Virginia. Jinny has a related form in Jennifer. In English usage, Jinny is a diminutive of Genevieve.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Jinny
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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