View Message

This name is a guilty pleasure name, along with Ginger...I would use it, maybe not for a red head however.

---

Ginny does work as a nickname for Georgina.

Ginny is a beautiful name; I think it would be great on a redheaded girl. She may get some jokes here and there, but I don't think anything too awful. Jenny is my preference to Ginny, but Ginny is stunning! I think that it could totally work for Georgina, but I prefer Genevieve and Ginevra. This might be a stretch, but what about Ginette or Ginetta, instead of Jeanette / Jenetta? (Tbh, I think I only like Ginetta out of my suggestions...though, I do prefer Jenetta)
Also, I'd definitely take looking like Ginny Weasley as a compliment; her actress is beautiful!

I like Georgina nn Ginny! Although it’s a stretch it could also be a nn for Guinevere or Genevieve.

---

I think Ginny is a cute, friendly nn although it’s not the most…exciting, I guess…but I like it and it reminds me of the song Ginny Come Lately.

Ginny I don't like, don't like it as a nn for Georgina either

I work in long-term care. We once had three women named Virginia with the nn Ginny - all spelled differently. Gini, Ginni, and Ginny. I think these was a fourth but I can't remember.

---

I'm meh on Ginny. Georgina is a bit of a stretch but not by much.

I don't like Ginny, but it works well as a nickname for Georgina.

My sister's nickname is Ginny. I don't associate redheads at all. Jenny basically sounds like jinny in my accent, so the only things that set Ginny apart from that common name are the ambiguous soft G, the connection to gin (I consider it a reach, but my sister has complained about it jokingly - she can't shorten her name to Gin like a Jenny can be Jen without being called an alcoholic drink), and the association with Virginia (which seems more old-fashioned and Latin than Jennifer).

---

I would not discourage Ginger as a name for a red-headed baby, even though I can see how that one could seem problematic. Maybe I'd feel differently if I lived in the UK.

---

I think Georgina "Ginny" seems fine but in the way that Charlotte "Cher" seems fine: random except for the initial sound/spelling. Gina, Genie, Gigi, Georgie, George all sound like more intuitive nicknames for it.

This message was edited 3/8/2024, 5:00 PM

Ginny is cute but a bit tiresome.

---

I adore Ginevra and wonder if most people would associate it with Ginny Weasley…

---

Sure, Ginny could work for Georgina.

I would discourage using any name with red or orange connections for a red-haired baby.

---

Gin is a drink I find unpleasant, so Ginny doesn't appeal to me at all.

---

Georgina is an excellent name, but for nn purposes I find Gina or Jean more likely and also much nicer.

---

The only Ginny I know is, reluctantly, a Virginia.

The sound of it is fine but Jinny and Jenny look more natural to my eyes. I like Ginger better. I probably would avoid giving it to a redhead, though. I unfortunately associate Ginny with "Ginny and Georgia". I really, really dislike her character.
Georgina more than works as a full name. So does Georgine, Georgelle, Georgella and the like.
I do like Georgia as a name. Virginia is okay.