New Post
Search
Help[Opinions] Ginger
So, I was feeling a bit nostalgic and decided to look up episodes from old Nickelodeon shows on Youtube. I came across a few As Told By Ginger episodes and decided to watch them. It brought back so many childhood memories! Anyways, since then, this name has started to grow on me. What do you all think about it?
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
I really don't like it. It's just a word and/or food to me and doesn't sound like a name. I can sort of see it working as a nickname for someone who has ginger hair but I dislike it as a full name.
1
Ginger seems very 1950's to me or too much of a nickname. It is a very happy carefree name who doesn't take things too seriously. But on the flip side, it doesn't seem very capable and is kind of ditsy. I don't know how confidant I would be with a doctor or pilot whose given name is Ginger.
This message was edited 10/7/2011, 6:50 AM
1
Maybe I'm really old or something because I've never heard of that show, but I watched Nickelodeon all the time when I was a kid! In what years was it on?
Anyway, I used to dislike Ginger because it sounded stripper-ish, but I've lately changed my mind about that. I can still get that vibe, but I ignore it. I think if it's used as a name on its own, it's more tacky like that, but I'm starting to kind of like it as a nn. It's sweet and shy and makes me think of gold (because of ginger... because otherwise it's green and red).
Anyway, I used to dislike Ginger because it sounded stripper-ish, but I've lately changed my mind about that. I can still get that vibe, but I ignore it. I think if it's used as a name on its own, it's more tacky like that, but I'm starting to kind of like it as a nn. It's sweet and shy and makes me think of gold (because of ginger... because otherwise it's green and red).
1
Where I live, a chain of clothing stores has a house brand, "Ginger Mary", which targets young customers wanting trendy but comfortable clothes. All very laudable, but most of said items have the words GINGER MARY emblazoned across the bosom (or elsewhere), and this is an unfortunate association that I can't shake off. Plus, Ginger to me is a nn either for a redhead or for a Virginia, if there are any left. I could live happily ever after without it, but it's not the worst by any means.
1
I love the name Ginger! It was the name of my late dog who passed away a couple months ago. She was a gorgeous dog, part Samoyed and part German shepherd. She had beautiful ginger-coloured fur, hence her name. That being said, I love the name Ginger for a human being too, but of course, I could never use it because well, I think of my beloved dog. :( We used to call her Ginny or Ginnie the Pooh.
1
Ha, that show is the whole reason I like the name! Ginger just has a really light, happy sound to it, but sort of down-to-earth.
'Course, I have two good redhead friends who I call my 'Ginger Bear' and my 'Ginger Love' (a boy and a girl, respectively) so I personally wouldn't be able to use the name for that association. Not that it's an awful one, not at all, just makes me giggle too much :P
But I'd love to see Ginger on someone else's baby girl!
'Course, I have two good redhead friends who I call my 'Ginger Bear' and my 'Ginger Love' (a boy and a girl, respectively) so I personally wouldn't be able to use the name for that association. Not that it's an awful one, not at all, just makes me giggle too much :P
But I'd love to see Ginger on someone else's baby girl!
1
I like it. I find it warm and friendly with a touch of Hollywood glam thanks to Ms. Rogers.
Ginger never makes it onto my list, however, because I already have one red-haired child and could easily have another. A redheaded Ginger is too cutesy-poo for me, like a blonde named Goldie.
Ginger never makes it onto my list, however, because I already have one red-haired child and could easily have another. A redheaded Ginger is too cutesy-poo for me, like a blonde named Goldie.
1
It's ok, but nms.
1
Ginger is a GP of mine.
I love names that end in an "r" sound to begin with. Plus, I love the soft "j" sound in names. So Ginger is catnip to my ears.
I say "guilty" pleasure because I know most people think of Ginger as a ditzy or even cheap name. I don't see it that way at all. I once saw a little red-headed girl named Ginger and it was so darling on her. Plus, there's Ginger Rogers dancing backwards with Fred Astaire. "Heaven, I'm in Heaven, . . . "
Ginger is one of the few "food" names that I love. Clementine is another. As I sit here typing the combination Ginger Clementine comes to mind. Too food-y? Perhaps. But it is very, very pleasing to me nonetheless.
My stock combinations for the name are Ginger Kate and Ginger Molly.
I love names that end in an "r" sound to begin with. Plus, I love the soft "j" sound in names. So Ginger is catnip to my ears.
I say "guilty" pleasure because I know most people think of Ginger as a ditzy or even cheap name. I don't see it that way at all. I once saw a little red-headed girl named Ginger and it was so darling on her. Plus, there's Ginger Rogers dancing backwards with Fred Astaire. "Heaven, I'm in Heaven, . . . "
Ginger is one of the few "food" names that I love. Clementine is another. As I sit here typing the combination Ginger Clementine comes to mind. Too food-y? Perhaps. But it is very, very pleasing to me nonetheless.
My stock combinations for the name are Ginger Kate and Ginger Molly.
This message was edited 10/6/2011, 4:26 PM
1