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Jinny

OriginDiminutive of Virginia, Ginevra, Genevieve, or Imogen
Meaning"virgin, pure; white wave; maiden"
GenderGirl

About Jinny

Variation of Ginny

Famous Jinnys

  • Jinny Jacinto

    Canadian Cirque du Soleil contortionist

Jinny in pop culture

  • Jinny

    one of the characters whose interior monologue makes up Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves (1931)

  • Jinny Austin

    jealous 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 England

    this 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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