Jinny

Diminutive of Virginia, Ginevra, Genevieve, or Imogen

"virgin, pure; white wave; maiden"

By Nameberry

Updated Tue May 12 2026

Jinny Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ginny

# in the US

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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