Ginny

Ginny

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Ginny is most often used as a short form of the name Virginia, but often also refers to Ginerva, Geneva, Genevieve and other Juniper-related names. In addition, when a food or beverage has a juniper taste, it is said to be ginny (the word gin is derived from the Dutch word for Juniper: Genever).

*Ginny Weasley, a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of books and films.
*Christian singer Ginny Owens
*Ginny Brown-Waite, a Florida politician.

*Ginny is also a common misspelling of Guinea, a derogatory slang name for Italians.


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