Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of Virginia.

People

Virginia

Ginny Arnell Virginia Mazarro (born November 2, 1942), known professionally as Ginny Arnell, is an American former pop and country music singer and songwriter who recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Life Born in New Haven, Connecticut, she attended ...

(born 1942), American singer and songwriter born Virginia Mazarro * Ginny Blackmore (born 1986), New Zealand singer and songwriter * Ginny Brown-Waite (born 1943), American politician * Ginny Burdick (born 1947), American politician * Ginnie Crawford (born 1983), American sprinter * Ginny Duenkel (born 1947), American former swimmer and 1964 Olympic champion *

Ginny Fiennes Virginia Frances, Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( Pepper; 9 July 1947 – 20 February 2004), known as Ginny Fiennes, was an English explorer. She was the first woman to be awarded the Polar Medal, and the first woman to be voted in to join the ...

(1947-2004), British explorer and wife of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes * Virginia Gilder (born 1958), American former rower *

Virginia Grayson Virginia Grayson (born 1967), also known as Ginny Grayson, is a New Zealand-born Australian artist, and winner of the Dobell Prize for Drawing. Biography Grayson was born in 1967 in Palmerston North, New Zealand. She trained in film and media s ...

(born 1967), New Zealand-born Australian artist * Virginia Leng (born 1955), British equestrienne *

Virginia "Ginny" Montes Virginia Elenor Montes (1943 – October 6, 1994) was a civil rights activist and feminist who was the first Latina to become a national officer of the National Organization for Women. Biography Ginny Montes was born in 1943 in Guanaja, Honduras ...

(1943–1994), civil rights activist and feminist * Ginny Owens (born 1975), contemporary Christian music singer * Ginny Simms (1913-1994), American singer and actress *

Ginny Stikeman Virginia "Ginny" Stikeman is a Canadian filmmaker, director, producer and editor known for her documentary work. Stikeman had a 30-year career at the National Film Board of Canada, and led its women's unit, Studio D, from 1990 until its closure in ...

, Canadian filmmaker, director, producer and editor * Ginny Tyler (1925-2012), American voice actress *

Ginnie Wade Mary Virginia Wade (May 21, 1843 – July 3, 1863), also known as Jennie Wade or Ginnie Wade, was a resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Battle of Gettysburg. At the age of 20, she was the only direct civilian casualty of the battle ...

(1843-1863), only direct civilian fatality of the Battle of Gettysburg * Ginny Wood (1917–2013), American environmental activist * Ginny Wright (born in the 1930s), American country music singer

Ginny

Ginny Buckley Virginia Louise Buckley (born 1 April 1968 in Rochdale) is a British journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life Buckley was born and brought up in Rochdale, England, before moving to Australia at the age of 18. She started her ...

, British television presenter *

Ginny Capicchioni Ginny Capicchioni is a lacrosse goaltender. She played women's lacrosse at Sacred Heart University. After college she played men's box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, senior Canadian Lacrosse Association, and for Team USA at the ...

, American lacrosse goaltender and coach, first woman to play in a men's professional lacrosse game * Ginny Fields (born 1945), American politician

Fictional characters

* Ginny Gordon, protagonist of a series of mystery novels for adolescent girls * Ginny Sacramoni, wife of mob boss John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni in the television series ''The Sopranos'' * Ginny Weasley, sister of Ron Weasley, girlfriend then wife of

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

in the ''Harry Potter'' books by J. K. Rowling

Other

Hurricane Ginny Hurricane Ginny was the strongest recorded tropical cyclone to make landfall in Canada, as well as the latest hurricane on a calendar year to affect the U.S. state of Maine. The eighth tropical storm, as well as the seventh and final hurricane o ...

, in the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season *"Ginnie", a generator used to power a secret radio by British prisoners of war in the Batu Lintang camp during the Second World War *'' Ingenuity'', a NASA helicopter nicknamed Ginny

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