Gina

Where Gina comes from

* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina. * (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina. * (name from Italian): Italian Gina
— Wiktionary's entry for Gina
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1962
    Gina Gershon born
    American actress
  3. 1967
    Peak, #54
    6,358 babies named Gina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #94.
  5. 1982
    Gina Carano born
    American actress and former mixed martial artist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • Diminutive of names ending in -gina
  • A diminutive of the female given name Georgina, from Ancient Greek.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Regina, from Latin.
  • A female given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Gina Carano · American actress and former mixed martial artist, born 1982
  • Gina Gershon · American actress, born 1962
  • Gina Raimondo · 40th United States Secretary of Commerce, born 1971
  • Gina Rodriguez · American actress, born 1984
  • Gina Torres · American actress, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.