Given name & surname
Virginie
“virgin queen”
Virginie is a feminine given name. It is used in French and Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Virginie goes back to Latin Virginia, meaning “virgin queen.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Virginie shares an earlier linguistic root with Virginia. An origin associated with Virginia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Virginie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 0 boys · 68 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 7 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 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 845 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.
Virginie’s family of names
In French usage, Virginie has a diminutive in Gigi. Virginie shares a linguistic root with Virginia. In Czech usage, Virginie has a related form in Virgínie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Virginie has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Virginie
- Virginie DespentesFrench writer and film directorborn 1969
- Virginie LedoyenFrench actress and modelborn 1976
- Virginie EfiraBelgian and French actress and television presenterborn 1977
- Virginie RazzanoFrench tennis playerborn 1983
- Virginie Demont-BretonFrench painter (1859-1935)
- Virginie AncelotFrench writer and painter (1792-1875)
- Virginie Arnoldarcherborn 1979
- Virginie Hériotsailor (1890–1932)
- Virginie DedieuFrench synchronized swimmerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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