Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Virginia

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Virginia NamePopularityRelated NamesRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakesName Days 75%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Ancient Roman Scripts Βιργινία(Greek) Pronounced Pron. /vəɹ.ˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/(American English) /və.ˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/(British English) /vir.ˈd͡ʒi.nja/(Italian) /biɾ.ˈxi.nja/(Spanish) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin". According to a legend, it was the name of a Roman woman killed by her father so as to save her from the clutches of a crooked official.This was the name of the first English baby born in the New World: Virginia Dare in 1587 on Roanoke Island. Perhaps because of this, the name has generally been more popular in America than elsewhere in the English-speaking world, though in both Britain and America it was not often used until the 19th century. The baby was named after the Colony of Virginia, which was itself named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. A more recent bearer was the English novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).

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Family Tree·Details VariantVerginia(Ancient Roman) DiminutivesGena, Gina, Ginger, Ginnie, Ginny, Jeana, Jeanna, Jinny, Virgee, Virgie, Geena(English) Masculine FormsVirginio(Italian) Verginius(Ancient Roman) Other Languages & CulturesVirginie, Gigi(French) Virginija(Lithuanian) User SubmissionsVirgínia, Virginía

Popularity

Details Last ranked #97 in 1963 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #753 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #93 in 1953 Canada Last ranked #974 in 1996 England & Wales Last ranked #423 in 1987 France Last ranked #68 in 2024 Italy Last ranked #94 in 1954 New Zealand Last ranked #235 in 2010 Spain (by decade) Last ranked #971 in 1941 (m) #510 in 2024 (f) United States

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Name Days? Spain: May 21Sweden: December 8

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