First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Flower
- Latin: Chaste; maiden
First name variations: Gin, Ginja, Ginjah, Ginjar, Ginjer, Gynger, Gynya, Gynyah, Virginie, Virgie, Virgy, Gina, Ginia, Ginny, Ginni, Jinny, Virginia Last name origins & meanings:
- German: habitational name for someone from Gingen or Giengen in
Württemberg.
- English: from Middle English
gingivere, gyngure, gingere ‘ginger’, hence a
metonymic occupational name for a dealer in spices, or possibly a
nickname for someone with reddish hair or a fiery temperament.
This name appears in the following lists:
Colors,
Flowers and Trees,
Silver Screen
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