Ginny
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Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of the name Virginia.{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/ginny|work=Behind The Name|title=Ginny}} 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
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- 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 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)
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