Girl · Latin, through English
Ginger
Say it: JIN-jer
Meaning
A pet form of Virginia (from the Roman family name Verginius), also the word for the spice and a nickname for red hair.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US in the 1950s to 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 46,027 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 996 girls
- 47 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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