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Virginia

40 replies

Sunbird24 · 12/09/2020 23:48

Awful or not? If you think it’s awful do you have any ideas for something else that could give a Ginny nickname?

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1940s · 13/09/2020 09:20

If you really love Ginny could you use it as stand alone? Or put Virginia on the birth certificate and intro from day one inc school registers as Ginny? She really will have a tough time at school with Virginia as her name. It's a shame as it's a lovely name

PeaceAndHarmoneeee · 13/09/2020 01:53

I think it's a nice name for an adult but too much teasing potential as a kid

There was a Virginia in my year at high school, she was teased about her name, people called her Virgin.

I like Ginevra and Genevieve.

ClinkyMonkey · 13/09/2020 01:44

Lovely name. I think of Virginia Woolf or Virginia Madsen. Ginny is a great nickname.

whatausername · 13/09/2020 01:42

I would not saddle your daughter with years and years of (light-hearted or not) teasing merely so you can contrive some nickname. Call her Ginny and be done.

Virginia a lovely name...for characters. Not for real people any more.

Also, I really don't see how Ginny can be got from Genevieve unless the pronunciation is butchered.

Torvean32 · 13/09/2020 01:41

I knew a Virginia she was teased the whole way through secondary school. I'd avoid it.

Nikori · 13/09/2020 01:31

I went to primary school with a Virginia. Yeah, the boys used to tease her and call her Vagina. It's a pretty name, but I don't think I'd use it.

AuntyPasta · 13/09/2020 01:26

Virgin. Nope.

sorryforswearing · 13/09/2020 01:15

Georgina (Ginny)
Georgia?

Cherrypicker85 · 13/09/2020 00:39

I love it :)

SophieGiroux · 13/09/2020 00:30

Agree with @1940s, she would be destined to be called Virgin throughout her school years

IslandLulu · 13/09/2020 00:06

Beautiful name

1940s · 13/09/2020 00:00

I like it.... but I like it as a mid 30s woman. Truly the thought of going through school with the name Virginia would terrify me.

Thisismytimetoshine · 12/09/2020 23:58

I like it.

DramaAlpaca · 12/09/2020 23:57

I don't like Virginia at all, sorry.

Other names you could abbreviate to Ginny are Ginevra and Genevieve.

Or at a rather long stretch, Jennifer or Guinevere might work as well.

PunkrockerGirl59 · 12/09/2020 23:52

Love it! Love Ginny too