Ginny
Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of the name Virginia. 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, American singer and songwriter born Virginia Mazarro
- Ginny Blackmore, New Zealand singer and songwriter
- Ginny Brown-Waite, American politician
- Ginny Burdick, American politician
- Ginnie Crawford, American sprinter
- Ginny Duenkel, American former swimmer and 1964 Olympic champion
- Ginny Fiennes, British explorer and wife of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes
- Virginia Gilder, American former rower
- Virginia Grayson, New Zealand-born Australian artist
- Virginia Leng, British equestrienne
- Ginny Montes, civil rights activist and feminist
- Ginny Owens, contemporary Christian music singer
- Ginny Radford, New Zealand girl guide leader
- Ginny Simms, American singer and actress
- Ginny Stikeman, Canadian filmmaker, director, producer and editor
- Ginny Tyler, American voice actress
- Ginny Vida, American editor and community leader
- Ginnie Wade, only direct civilian fatality of the Battle of Gettysburg
- Ginny Wood, American environmental activist
- Ginny Wright, 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, 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