Ginger

English diminutive

"virginal, pure"

Ginger Origin and Meaning

The name Ginger is a girl's name of English origin.

Originally a unisex nickname for a redhead -- red hair is called "ginger" in Britain -- or for the name Virginia, Ginger perennially wears pink gingham and spike heels.

Ginger Rank in US Top 1000

# 998 in the US

Ginger Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1001 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ginger

• 1001 Nameberry 2025
• 33 Dogs 2023
• 41 Cats 2023

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Famous People Named Ginger

• Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath) American actress and dancer
• Ginger Spice nickname of English singer Geri Halliwell of The Spice Girls
• Ginger Helgeson Nielsen, American tennis player
• Ginger Lynn (Allen) American adult film actress
• Ginger A. Pooley aka Ginger Sling bassist of American band The Smashing Pumpkins
• Ginger Zee (born Ginger Renee Zuidgeest) American TV meteorologist
• Ginger Alden American one,time fiancee of Elvis Presley
• Ginger Fish stage name of Kenneth Robert Wilson, American male drummer for Marilyn Manson
• Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker English male drummer of band Cream
• Ginger Minj stage name of American drag queen Joshua Eads,Brown

The name Ginger in Pop Culture

• Ginger Grant main character on TV's "Gilligan's Island"
• Ginger Falcone main character on TV's "Zeke and Luther"
• Ginger Fox character on TV's "iCarly"
• Ginger Brown character in "Ginger Snaps" by Cathy Cassidy
• Ginger Foutley main character in animated series "As Told by Ginger"
• Ginger character on TV's "True Blood"
• Ginger sorrel mare in Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty"
• Ginger character on TV's "The West Wing"
• Ginger character in the Disney Fairies books
• Ginger main character in the animated film Chicken Run
• Ginger a character on animated series Phineas and Ferb
• Ginger Ned Flanders' "Vegas wife" on TV's The Simpsons
• "Ginger " picture book by Charlotte Voake about a ginger cat
• Ginger Hebblethwaite male character in the Biggles series by W. E. Johns
• "Ginger Meggs " Australian comics series
• Ginger boy in the British children's comic The Beezer
• Ginger male character in Richmal Crompton's 'William' series of books, member of William's gang The Outlaws
• Ginger Breadhouse daughter of the Candy Witch in show and series "Ever After High"