Ginny

Ginny

Gender	Female
Other names
Related names	Virginia, Ginevra, Genevieve, Jennifer, Geneva

Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of the name Virginia. ^[1] It may also serve be the diminutive form of Jennifer, Genevieve, Ginevra, or Geneva.

"Ginny" is also a slang term for the U.S. state of Virginia, used mainly in the rural western portions of the state.

People

Virginia

• Ginny Arnell (born 1942), American singer and songwriter born Virginia Mazarro
• Ginny Blackmore (born 1986), New Zealand singer and songwriter
• Ginny Brown-Waite (born 1943), American politician
• Ginny Burdick (born 1947), American politician
• Ginnie Crawford (born 1983), American sprinter
• Ginny Duenkel (born 1947), American former swimmer and 1964 Olympic champion
• Ginny Fiennes (1947-2004), British explorer and wife of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes
• Virginia Gilder (born 1958), American former rower
• Virginia Grayson (born 1967), New Zealand-born Australian artist
• Virginia Leng (born 1955), British equestrienne
• Ginny McSwain, American voice director and voice actress
• Ginny Montes (1943–1994), civil rights activist and feminist
• Ginny Owens (born 1975), contemporary Christian music singer
• Ginny Radford, New Zealand girl guide leader
• Ginny Simms (1913-1994), American singer and actress
• Ginny Stikeman, Canadian filmmaker, director, producer and editor
• Ginny Tyler (1925-2012), American voice actress
• Ginny Vida (born 1939), American editor and community leader
• Ginnie Wade (1843-1863), only direct civilian fatality of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Ginny Wood (1917–2013), American environmental activist
• Ginny Wright (1932—2021), American country music singer

Ginny

• Ginny Buckley, British television presenter
• Ginny Capicchioni, American lacrosse goaltender and coach, first woman to play in a men's professional lacrosse game
• Ginny Fields (born 1945), American politician

Fictional characters

• Ginny Gordon, protagonist of a series of mystery novels for
• Ginny Weasley, sister of Ron Weasley, girlfriend then wife of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling

Other

• Hurricane Ginny, in the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season
• "Ginnie", a generator used to power a secret radio by British prisoners of war in the Batu Lintang camp during the Second World War
• Ingenuity , a NASA helicopter nicknamed Ginny

See also

• "Ginny, Ginny", a 1979 single by the rock band Slade
• 1983 Ginny Championships and 1984 Ginny Championships, Virginia Slims indoor tennis tournaments
• Jinny, a list of people with the given name
• Jinny (band), an Italian band
• Ginny & Georgia , television series (2021)

References

1. "Ginny". Behind The Name.