Given name & surname
Virginia
Virginia is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is chaste; virginal; from the state of Virginia.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Possibly from Latin Virginia, built from English virgin + -ia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Virginia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 654,968
- 2,009 boys · 652,959 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 19,181 babies
- 2025
- 572
- #526 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 572 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 526 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19,144 in 1922. In 2025, Virginia had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (56). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286,258 as a first name in 2020; 578 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.
Virginia’s family of names
Virginia has an affectionate form in Ginger. Virginia shares a linguistic root with Virginie. Virginia has a related form in Virgene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Virginia has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
16 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 28
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gigipet form · English
- Gingerdiminutive · English
- Ginnydiminutive · English
- Virgiediminutive · English
- Ginniediminutive · English
- Jinnydiminutive · English
- Gingnickname · English
- Virginievariant · Czech, French
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- Virjiniavariant
- Verginiavariant · English
- Virginevariant
- Virgenavariant
- Virgenevariant
- Virginniavariant
- Biringdiminutive · Tagalog
- Virgenievariant
- Vyrgynyavariant
- Vyrgyniavariant
- Vyrginiavariant
- Vyrjiniavariant
- Virjineavariant
- Virjeanavariant
- Verginyavariant
- Virgeenavariant
- Virgeeniavariant
- Virgeniavariant
- Virgenyavariant
- Virginiahvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
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 Virginia
- Gena RowlandsAmerican actress (1930–2024)
- Virginia RaggiItalian politician (1978)
- Virginia ApgarAmerican obstetrical anesthesiologist (1909-1974)
- Virginia MadsenAmerican actressborn 1961
- Virginia WadeBritish tennis playerborn 1945
- Ginni RomettyAmerican business executiveborn 1957
- Tammy WynetteAmerican country singer (1942–1998)
- Virginia MayoAmerican actress (1920–2005)
- Virginia GardnerAmerican actressborn 1995
Characters named Virginia: Pepper Potts (Marvel Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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