Gina ??

[Leenalee]

Gina for a baby girl?

hi everyone my partner and I have agreed on a few baby girl names but there is only one we both seem to love. The name is Gina, it seems to have fallen out of favour in the past few years with only a handful of baby girls being names Gina each year. Are you aware of any reasons why this might be? Is there something we aren’t aware of… Celebrity scandals etc? Do you think the name is dated? Or was it never that popular in the first place in the uk?

I’d really like to name my daughter something she would like. I’m a bit worries she might feel it’s a name more suited to her parents generation. The only Gina’s I know are my age having said that I don’t think imwas ever a super popular name in my age group either. Any thoughts you’d be happy to share?

All the Gina's I know are Georgina shortened. I know plenty of all ages but then my dc are half Cypriot where half the population are either George or Georgina. I'd probably use that so there are options.

I went to school with a Gina decades ago, she is the only one I’ve known until moving to my town where there is a Gina’s aesthetics place. Nice name, guaranteed there won’t be several in the class.

Sorry, it just reminds me of Gina vaginal pessaries you can buy for menopausal women from the pharmacy.

Will she be cruelly called vaGINA in school?
Sorry...😣

I know it as short Virginia .

I agree that Gina is a nice name and I’m not sure why it’s so underused. It has got something about it that sounds a bit middle aged, maybe, although as you say it hasn’t been overused in any decade so I’m not sure why! It’s used as the name of the annoying girl in a series of books my son reads, so I have slightly negative associations with it, but that’s quite a niche issue! I think I prefer it as a short version of Georgina, as that gives a variety of options such as Ginny, Georgie, Jo etc. depending on your daughter’s personality/ stage in life. I absolutely love Georgia as an alternative option?

Gina is a nice name

I like Gina but I prefer Georgina.

Unless you want to call her Geena like Geena Davis the actress?

She who must not be named? Author of The Contended Baby?

I love it

I think it’s a beautiful name.

I have an older cousin called Gina so it feels a bit dated to me.
My friend recently called her new baby Gia which I think is beautiful ❤️

Gina is great.
Gina Rinehart, Gina Jeffreys and Gina Riley are three of the World's most successful and confident women.

Isn't it pronounce Gee-na not Gy-na? The only one I know pronounces it that way.
It's an ok name, the one I know is probably putting me off it as she's a pain in the arse! ;)

I have a cousin Jeana. I like it, I’d probably use her spelling though rather than Gina

I love name Virginia nn Gina or Ginny

Tbh when written down reminds me of vagina! There is nothing wrong with this as it opens a discussion around female anatomy. Have a son too and name it Pen - short for you know what! 😉💗

Well, you've asked the right person. I think it's a pretty name, can't be shortened, easy to pronounce and spell and is ageless really. There won't be millions of others at school either. Your daughter will not hate you for giving her this name!

With the new uprise of ‘furries’ I think it could be a risk calling you child Gina as many dogs (including mine) are also called that name.

I was at school with a very glamorous Gina. I found out later her name was actually Jean, and she hated it. So she'd reinvented herself as Gina. She had a "young Sophia Loren" look.

So it has a cool, sophisticated vibe to me.

Wow, the furries comment seems a bit of a stretch!

Gina Lollobrigida - gorgeous and sophisticated, so it's a yes from me.

Gina is a brand of vaginal tablets for menopause

One of the loveliest people I know is a Gina, full name Georgina, and wish it had crossed my mind when we were choosing names. I can't imagine her getting teased for a name related to menopause medication in the playground. And by the time she got to secondary everyone called her Gee. Just be sure you don't mind that shortened version too.

Every Gina I know is a Georgina, and they are of different ages. I like Georgina nn Gina.