MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ginger mean?
Ginger has been used as a familiar form of Virginia and as a descriptive nickname associated with ginger-coloured hair. These are separate routes. The spice and colour word informs the descriptive route.
No hair colour can be inferred for a person simply because Ginger is their name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Wiktionary records Ginger as a personal name in English.
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Wiktionary: Ginger (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Ginger
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ginger Conejero
Filipino journalist
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Ginger
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
- Ginés♂Birth or origin; from Greek Genesios
- Gingin♀Familiar form of Gina
- Alger♂Germanic name related to Elgar
- Gilbert♂Pledge and brightness or fame
- Gina♀Short form of Georgina, Regina, and other -gina names
- Gino♂Short form of Italian names ending in -gino
- Givel♀Feminine familiar form of Gabriel in Cebuano
- Roger♂Famous spear
Recorded combinations with Ginger
1 source-reported compound form includes this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- Wikidata
- 1 person record with this given name · Q1524985 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.