Desperately need help!!

[NeverTickleASleepingDragon]

I am having a baby girl due 1st April. I am still unsure what to call her. I like the name Georgina (Ginny) but my fiancé who is working in America for another 10 months, dislikes the name and says she will be bullied when she finally goes to school. I prefer Ginny as a shortened name as Gina is becoming more popular and I feel as Ginny will be unique.
Any other ideas will be appreciated.

[Penguinotterfoxbadger]

I don't understand why he thinks she would be bullied for being called Ginny... She might get called g&t but not until she's older (you'd hope!)

I really like the nn Georgie, personally.

[DianeLockhart]

Georgina is ok but she will probably get called Georgie rather than Ginny or Gina. To me, Ginny is for Virginia.

[manicinsomniac]

I love Georgina but prefer Georgie as a nickname.

If you're looking for alternatives I taught a Georgina who went by Gigi (pn Jiggy)?!

Can't see anything bullyworthy about Georgina or any of its nicknames at all!

If you like Georgina, how about:
Abigail, Annabelle, Alexandra, Beatrice, Charlotte, Cassandra, Emma, Eleanor, Francesca, Florence, Georgia, Giselle, Genevieve, Harriet, Henrietta, Hannah, Isabelle, Isabella, Imogen, Jessica, Joanna, Josephine, Juliette, Jemima, Katherine, Lydia, Madeleine, Miranda, Matilda, Miriam, Natasha, Natalie, Naomi, Olivia, Philippa, Phoebe, Rebecca, Rosalie, Sophia, Saskia, Tabitha, Thea, Tamara, Victoria, Vanessa, Zara.

[OutragedFromLeeds]

I prefer Georgia nn Georgie.

I don't think there is anything wrong with Georgina though or Ginny. I can't see why she would be bullied about either of those names.

[ThroughThickandThin]

Ginny is short for Virginia traditionally. I know Genevieve NN Ginny as well.

Why would she be bullied?

[florascotia]

Ginny is a well-known and very long established nn for Virginia. You could easily use it for Georgina, but it might just occasionally lead to a bit of confusion until people learn your daughter's full name.

I don't see why anyone called Georgina/Georgia/Gina/Gigi or Georgie would be bullied. Georgina is a classic; Georgia has become fairly popular in recent years. All are nice names. Personally, am not too keen on Georgiana or Georgette, but both are perfectly good names.

This is off the point, but Gigi was traditionally used as a nn for Josephine, and Gina is also sometimes used as a nn for Eugenia.

[NeverTickleASleepingDragon]

My fiancé thinks that she would be bullied, well not bullied, picked on maybe as it sounds like she was named after a character in Harry Potter.

[UseYourFingers]

I had a great aunt Ginny, haven't a clue what her real name was.

Why not just call her Ginny? It doesn't have to be a nickname.
Fwiw I'm a huge HP fan and didn't think of the connection until you pointed it out.

[ThroughThickandThin]

Wow, that's a roundabout way to get bullied. Ginny, ended up married to Harry Potter!!!!

There is over thinking. Then there's your DF ......

[OutragedFromLeeds]

If all names that have been used for book characters are out, you're really going to struggle naming this baby!!

[Instituteofstudies]

My Georgina is nearly 30 now. She has always been called Georgie (apart from a year or two of wanting to be called Georgina). Her cousins used her call her Gina when they were little but since she was about 10 called her Georgie like everyone else. If you choose Ginny as a short version, I can't think why she would be teased?

[Sophronia]

Ginny could also be a nn for Ginevra

[RL20]

I've also not heard the nickname Ginny for Georgina. Although if you instilled it at a young enough age then it would just stick I suppose.
I don't see why she would get bullied for it, but my other half won't agree on names either as he says the same thing! I think it's just a ticket to get out of the name