Nicknames for Virginia
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Anonymous
| PP here, some people have shortened Ginger to "ging" |
Anonymous
| I know 4 Virginias and they all go by different nicknames: Ginger, Ginny, Ginia (pronounced gin-yuh), and Vee (that last one is my grandma's friend, 91 years old; the first 3 I listed are all women I grew up with who are now in their early-mid 30s) |
Anonymous
| I like Ginx!! That's cute and clever. Also know a Ginia |
Anonymous
| Why do you have to have a nickname? If you like the name Virginia, just use that. Or, are you naming her after someone and don't like the name? |
Anonymous
In law school we called this "fighting the hypo." Why is it on DCUM there will always be someone who doesn't answer OP's question but instead argues with the question? |
Anonymous
| I like Ginger or Nia. I think Ginia or Gina also would work. I love the name Virginia. Good choice! |
Anonymous
| I had a great aunt Virginia (and it is also my middle name). She went by Gigi, which I loooove. Her husband sometimes called her Ginny. |
Anonymous
| Ginger and Ginny. Love this name and would use it if we didn't live in this areaS |
Anonymous
| We have friends who have a little Virginia who goes by Ginna (not Gina, like Ginny but with an "a" at the end). I'm not sure I love it, but there it is. I like Ginny, personally. |
Anonymous
| I've known two and one went by Jenny and the other was called VA (pronounced VeeAy) by her friends. Both are awesome women, smart and successful. |
Anonymous
| I like Vivi or Via. |
Anonymous
| My grandmother was a Virginia who went by Jean. |
Anonymous
| I just adore the name/nickname Gigi. Would that work? Different and cool. |
Anonymous
I'm the one that asked, and I actually agree with you. It drives me nuts that everyone on DCUM does this, and as soon as I posted, I regretted it. I didn't phrase it well. I was more trying to express that you don't NEED to have a nickname. When we were pregnant, everyone asked us what nicknames we'd use for our kids when we tossed out certain names. And people often told us that "you can't stop nicknames from happening" - like if you name your child William, he will inevitably turn out to be Bill or Will or Billy or whatever and I just wanted to express that is NOT true. I know plenty of Thomases and Daniels and Elizabeths, that don't go by Tommy or Dan or Betsy. Virginia doesn't *naturally* lend itself to a nickname other than Ginny, I don't think, and I just wanted to let OP know that it's perfectly acceptable to actually call the baby Virginia and to EXPECT OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. It drives me nuts when people try to force nicknames on other people's kids. So, bad phrasing on my part. I apologize for being one of those argumentative DCUMers. |
Anonymous
| Vern. |