Ginny

Where Ginny comes from

Diminutive + -y
— Wiktionary's entry for Ginny
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,809 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Ginny Brown-Waite born
    American politician
  3. 1958
    Peak, #631
    242 babies named Ginny — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #966.
  5. 2000
    Ginny Holder born
    British actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Virginia and Ginevra.
Namesakes
  • Ginny Brown-Waite · American politician, born 1943
  • Ginny Holder · British actress, born 2000
  • Ginny Ruffner · American glass artist, 1952–2025
  • Ginny Blackmore · New Zealand singer, born 1986
  • Ginny Andersen · New Zealand politician, born 1975

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.