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

People

Virginia

* Ginny Arnell (born 1942), American singer and songwriter born Virginia Mazarro *

Ginny Blackmore Virginia Blackmore (born 6 March 1986) is a singer and songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand. Blackmore's song, ''Bones'', has received regular airplay throughout the United States and she has also performed the song on KIIS-FM, Weekend Mixtape ...

(born 1986), New Zealand singer and songwriter *

Ginny Brown-Waite Virginia Brown-Waite (born Virginia Frances Kniffen; October 5, 1943) is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and a founder of Maggie's List. The district stretched along sev ...

(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 (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 (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 (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 ...

(born 1955), British equestrienne * Virginia "Ginny" Montes (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 Virginia Ellen SimmsSleeve notes from ''Ginny Simms – I'd Like To Set You To Music'', Jasmine JASCD 118, 2001. (May 25, 1913 – April 4, 1994) was an American popular singer and film actress. Simms sang with big bands and with Dinah Shore, ...

(1913-1994), American singer and actress * Ginny Stikeman, 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 Disn ...

(1925-2012), American voice actress * Ginnie Wade (1843-1863), only direct civilian fatality of the Battle of Gettysburg *

Ginny Wood Virginia Hill Wood (October 24, 1917 – March 8, 2013) was an American environmental activist and a pioneer in the Alaskan conservation movement. Ginny Wood co-founded the Alaska Conservation Society in 1960 with her then husband, Morton "Woody" ...

(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 la ...

(born in the 1930s), American country music singer

Ginny

* Ginny Buckley, British television presenter * Ginny Capicchioni, 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 Ginny Gordon is the main character in a series of five mystery books for adolescent girls published by the Whitman Publishing Whitman Publishing is an American book publishing company which started as a subsidiary of the Western Printing & Lit ...

, protagonist of a series of mystery novels for adolescent girls *

Ginny Sacramoni This is a list of fictional characters from the HBO series ''The Sopranos'', its video game '' The Sopranos: Road to Respect'' and its prequel film ''The Many Saints of Newark.'' Main characters Cast table Main character biographies Tony Sopran ...

, 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. ...

, 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 Pott ...

, girlfriend then wife of Harry Potter in the ''Harry Potter'' books by

J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...

Other

Hurricane Ginny Hurricane Ginny was the strongest recorded tropical cyclone to List of Canada hurricanes, 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 sev ...

, 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 Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) ...

during the Second World War *'' Ingenuity'', a NASA helicopter nicknamed Ginny

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