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Ginny

American  
[jin-ee] / ˈdʒɪn i /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Virginia or Genevieve.


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"Forget the controversy, the culture wars and the pink concept car," says Ginny Buckley of the electric car website Electrifying.com.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Arabella Pepper, the younger sister of Sir Ranulph's late first wife Ginny, told BBC Newsnight that she had not been able to see her former brother-in-law for over a year.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Earlier this year, actor Gracie Cochrane’s family announced that the young actor departed the series — she was to play Ron Weasley’s younger sister Ginny — because of a “challenging decision” to “unforeseen circumstances.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

My parents named me Virginia, after my mother’s sister, whose nickname was Ginny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Dean and Ginny broke apart and looked around.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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