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I like Ginger as a nn

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I like Ginger, but as a nn for Virginia. To me Ginger can't stand fully on its own as a formal first name. Ginny and Ginger are both cute nn for Virginia, though.

I think it's lovely and underused

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It's not a name that I'd use, but if I met a little girl named Ginger I think I'd seriously go shake her parents hands. It's adorable! Plus, ginger just tastes so goo! =P

Love it.

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I love it. It's spunky, feisty, and different.

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For a young child, I like the pet name 'Gingersnap'. :)

Makes me think of the novel Stone Cold where Ginger is a guy.

This message was edited 5/21/2008, 1:18 PM

Love it

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I once admitted that I loved the name Ginger to a pregnant friend of mine. Once.

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No one else I know even likes the name. But I love soft "g" sounds and you get two for the price of one with Ginger. Add to that the zippy quality of a feminine name ending in an "-er" and I'm sold.

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Ginny is a darling nn and is a natural fit with Ginger.

I knew a girl who went by Ginny...(m)

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and her full name was Virginia.

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And actually I think Ginger started out as a nn for Virginia.

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Or you could go the HP route and opt for Ginevra.

I love it-it makes me think of Ginger Rogers which is not a bad association at all. It could work as a name on its own or be a nn for Virginia

I'm not a fan of Ginny but I've always like Ginger either alone or as a nn for Virginia.

not too good

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It's very much a dog's name for me. And Ginger itself doesn't stand as a full name very well. Neithe rdoes Ginny, so to have Ginny be a nn for Ginger, or vice versa, just doesn't seem good.

I had a dog named Ginger....

Dated & too cutesy

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I know one ~50 year old woman named Ginger. The name doesn't sound trampy to me, but very outdated and cutesy. I don't care for the nn Ginny, it's like calling someone rum-y (drunk).

I actually really like Ginger - I think it's adorable. I just don't know how well it'd work in 2008.

Meh. It's a condiment for sushi.

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I much prefer Genevieve, Virginia, etc. for first names for Ginny. Ginger is either something you eat or somebody's cat. Or Ginger Rogers. But she had something spectacular with which to pull off that name.

I think it's awful! It brings to mind a stripper or something.
Ginger is actually used as a nn for Virginia.
How about:
Ginevra / Genevra
Virginia
Eugenie
Genevieve
Guinevere
?

This message was edited 5/21/2008, 9:40 AM

I don't like it. Despite Ginger Rogers, it sounds like a stripper name. I think of it along the same lines as Bunny, Coco, or Lacey. Sorry.

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But I love Ginny! I'd use Genevieve. Or Ginevra, Virginia, or Eugenia are nice too.

Ginger Rogers

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I love it but I don't like Ginny

When a friend of mine was pregnant two years ago, she mentioned that her husband liked Ginger for a girl. She hated it. She said that she thought it sounded tacky and stripperish. I have to say that I agree with her. They had a boy anyway.

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Did Ginger not start out as a nickname for Virginia? I think it did. I really dislike Virginia, Ginger, and Ginny. Ginny is the worst. Yuk.