Jinny
Diminutive of Virginia, Ginevra, Genevieve, or Imogen
"virgin, pure; white wave; maiden"
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Updated Tue Feb 03 2026
Jinny Origin and Meaning
Variation of Ginny
Famous People Named Jinny
- Jinny JacintoCanadian Cirque du Soleil contortionist
The name Jinny in Pop Culture
- Jinnyone of the characters whose interior monologue makes up Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves (1931)
- Jinny Austinjealous central character ("I want to be Brunhilde, and I'm only Frou,Frou!") in Clyde Fitch's 1905 play The Girl With the Green Eyes
- In Englandthis is an old,fashioned nickname for Jennifer, particularly in the West Country where it was very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
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