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 Virginia Burdick (born December 3, 1947) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.Ginnie Crawford Virginia Crawford (née Powell; born September 7, 1983) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialises in the sprint hurdles. She now is a 4th grade teacher after retiring track and field. She began her international track career ...

(born 1983), American sprinter *

Ginny Duenkel Virginia Ruth Fuldner (née Duenkel; born March 7, 1947), also known as Ginny Fuldner, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Duenkel medaled in ...

(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 Virginia Anne Gilder (born June 4, 1958), also known as Ginny Gilder, is a former American rower and Olympic silver medalist. Gilder is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA. Early life Gilder is ...

(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 Virginia Helen Antoinette Elliott MBE (née Holgate, formerly Leng; born 1 February 1955), sometimes known as Ginny Leng, is a British equestrian competitor who competed in eventing. She is the 1986 World Champion and ...

(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 Virginia Leigh Owens (born April 22, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and blogger. She is known for performing Contemporary Christian music, but has more recently had her songs featured on ''WB'', ''ABC'' TV shows, and independent ...

(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 Merrie Virginia Eggers (née Erlandson; August 8, 1925 – July 13, 2012), known professionally as Ginny Tyler, was an American voice actress who performed on dozens of cartoons and animated films from 1957 to 1993. In 2006, she was named a Disne ...

(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 Ginny Wright was an American country music singer. She was born in Twin City, Georgia during the 1930s, first sang in glee clubs, and studied opera. She began performing country music in the early 1950s. Her first single was on the Triple A lab ...

(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 ca ...

, 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 2011 Wor ...

, American lacrosse goaltender and coach, first woman to play in a men's professional lacrosse game *

Ginny Fields Virginia Fields (born November 30, 1945) represented the 5th District in the New York State Assembly, which includes parts of the Long Island towns of Brookhaven and Islip, including Centereach, Farmingville, Fire Island, Holbrook, Holtsvil ...

(born 1945), American politician

Fictional characters

Ginny Gordon Ginny Gordon is the main character in a series of five mystery books for adolescent girls published by the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1956. The books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham, writing as Julie Campb ...

, 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 Ginevra Molly Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' novel series. Ginny is introduced in the first book ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', as the youngest sibling and only girl in the Weasley family. Sh ...

, sister of

Ron Weasley Ronald Bilius Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' fantasy novel series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', as the best friend of Harry Potter ...

, 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, 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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