{{Wiktionary|Ginger}} '''Ginger''' is an English given name, nickname, and surname. As a diminutive of Virginia, the female variants of the name are Gingee, Gingie, Ginjer, Jinger,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ginger - Name Meaning, What does Ginger mean? |url=https://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Ginger |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=www.thinkbabynames.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2025}} Gingerline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gingerlinecreative.com/2021/02/20/the-inspiration-behind-the-name-gingerline/|title=Sweet like Honey: Discovering the Name Gingerline|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>
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== People with the given name == * Ginger Costa-Jackson (born 1986), American opera singer * Ginger Gilmour (born 1949), American artist, former wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, born Virginia Hasenbein * Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (born 1968), American tennis player * Ginger Huber, American diver, high diving silver medalist in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships * Ginger Lynn (born 1962), American pornographic actress * Ginger Molloy (born 1937), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand * Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c. 1937–2002), Australian Aboriginal artist * Ginger Pooley (born 1977), rock musician and singer formerly with The Smashing Pumpkins * Ginger Stanley (1931–2023), American model, actress and stunt woman * Ginger Strand, 21st century American essayist, novelist, environmental writer, and historian * Ginger Brooks Takahashi (born 1977), American artist * Ginger Williams (born 1953), Jamaican-born British lovers rock singer * Ginger Zee, American meteorologist
== People with the nickname == * Ginger Baker (1939–2019), English drummer, founder of the rock band Cream * Albert "Ginger" Baker (born c. 1951), Northern Irish former loyalist and ex-British Army soldier convicted of four murders * Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), Major League Baseball player * William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork (1873–1967), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet * Ginger Colton (1875–c. 1946), Australian rugby union player * Albert Goodwin (1887–1918), Canadian labour leader and union activist * Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell (born 1972), British singer-songwriter and former member of the Spice Girls * Ginger Johnson (1916–1975), Nigerian percussionist and bandleader in London * Ginger Jones (1905–1986), Welsh boxer * James Harry Lacey (1917–1989), Royal Air Force fighter ace * Ginger Lees (1905–1982), British motorcycle speedway rider * Ginger McCain (1930–2011), English National Hunt horse trainer * Ginger Minj (born 1984), American drag queen and contestant on the ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' series. * JJ "Ginger" O'Connell (1887–1944), member of the Irish Republican Army, general (later demoted to colonel) in the Irish Defence Forces * W. G. Richardson (1909–1959), English footballer * Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), American actress, dancer, and singer. * Ginger Shinault (1892–1930), American Major League Baseball player * Ginger Smock (1920–1995), American violinist, orchestra leader and local Los Angeles television personality * James Williams (Welsh footballer) (c. 1886–1916), Welsh footballer
== People with the surname == * Ann Fagan Ginger (1925–2025), American lawyer, teacher, writer and political activist * George Ginger (1863–1938), British philatelist (stamp collector) * Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005), British artist * Ray Ginger (1924–1975), American historian, author, and biographer, husband of Ann Fagan Ginger * Sergei Ginger (1870–1937), Moldovan architect
==Fictional characters with the given name== * Ginger Foutley, in the Nickelodeon animated television series ''As Told by Ginger'' * Ginger Fox, a fictional popstar in the television sitcom ''iCarly'' * Ginger Grant, in the 1960s television series ''Gilligan's Island'' * Ginger Hebblethwaite, a main character in the ''Biggles'' series of books by W. E. Johns * Ginger Hirano, a character in the Disney Channel animated television series ''Phineas and Ferb'' * Ginger Meggs, in the Australian comic of the same name * Talking Ginger, an anthro cat in the ''Talking Tom and Friends'' media franchise * Ginger (comics), in ''The Beezer'' * Ginger, a sorrel mare in Anna Sewell's ''Black Beauty'' * Ginger, the main character in the British stop motion-animated film ''Chicken Run'' * Ginger, a character in the ''Disney Fairies'' novel series * Ginger, a character on ''The Simpsons'' * Ginger, a character on ''The West Wing'' * Ginger Fitzgerald, the main character in the 2000 horror film ''Ginger Snaps'' * Ginger Breadhouse, in the female aimed-toy and media franchise ''Ever After High'' * Ginger, from ''The Tom and Jerry Show''
== See also == * Ginger (disambiguation)
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Category:English-language surnames Category:Nicknames