Ginger


Gender:
Origin: English
56 famous people named Ginger found on Wikipedia.
45880 female, 41 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2828-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 187-th in year 1971
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.

Ginger is an English given name and surname.

Mid-14c., from Old English gingifer, gingiber, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Sanskrit srngaveram, from srngam "horn" + vera- "body," so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Sanskrit folk etymology, and the word may be from an ancient Dravidian word that also produced the Malayalam name for the spice, inchi-ver, from inchi "root." The word apparently was readopted in Middle English from Old French gingibre (12c., Modern French gingembre). In reference to coloring, by 1785 of fighting cocks, 1885 of persons (gingery with reference to hair is from 1852). Meaning "spirit, spunk, temper" is from 1843, American English (see gin (v.1)). Ginger-ale is recorded by 1822, the term adopted by manufacturers to distinguish their product from ginger beer (1809), which was sometimes fermented. Ginger-snap as a type of hard cookie flavored with ginger is from 1855, American English.

Diminutive of Virginia: pure, virginal. Common nickname for people with red hair.

Famous People: 56 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ginger Rogers 1911 American actress and dancer
2 Ginger Lynn 1962 American pornographic actress
3 Ginger Zee 1981 American meteorologist and television personality
4 Ginger Baker 1939 English rock drummer
5 Ginger Gilmour 1949 Sculptor
6 Ginger Fish 1965 American musician
7 Ginger Alden 1956 American actress and model
8 Ginger Grant
9 Ginger Romàn 1984 French film actor and television actor
10 Ginger 1964 Singer, songwriter, Guitarist
11 Ginger Pooley 1977 Musician (guitarist, bassist, singer)
12 Ginger Conejero 1984 Filipino journalist
13 Ginger McCain 1930 English racehorse trainer
14 Ginger Strand American writer
15 Havana Ginger 1984 American pornographic actor
16 Ginger Beaumont 1876 American baseball player
17 Johnny Ginger 1934 American television presenter
18 Ginger Costa-Jackson 1986 Italian-American opera mezzo-soprano
19 Ginger Stanley 1931 American model, actress and stunt woman
20 Ginger Huber 1974 American diver
21 Ray Ginger 1924 American politician
22 Ginger Molloy 1937 New Zealand rugby league player
23 Ginger Fitzgerald Fictional character
24 Ginger Williams 1956
25 Ginger Johnson 1916 Nigerian percussionist and bandleader in London
26 Ginger D. Anders 1977 American lawyer
27 Ginger Jolie 1983 American pornographic actress
28 Ginger Orsi 1984 Actress, singer
29 Ginger Riley Munduwalawala 1937 Australian artist
30 Ginger Smith American television producer
31 Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 1968 American tennis player
32 Ginger Lerner-Wren 1959 American judge
33 Ginger Howard 1994 Professional golfer
34 Serge Ginger 1928 French psychologist
35 Ann Fagan Ginger 1925 American writer
36 Ginger Prince 1943 American actress
37 Ginger Brooks Takahashi 1977 American artist
38 Ginger Krieg Dosier 1979
39 Ginger Smock 1920 American musician
40 Ginger Jones 1905 British boxer
41 Ginger Clark 1879 American baseball player
42 Ginger Colton 1875 Australian rugby union player
43 Ginger Wadsworth American writer of non-fiction for children
44 Ginger Redmon American screen writer
45 Ginger Lees 1905 British speedway rider
46 Ginger Owers 1888 English footballer
47 Ginger Wallace 1924 Artist
48 Ginger Shinault 1892 American baseball player
49 Savana Ginger 1984 American pornographic actor
50 Phyllis Ginger 1907 English graphic artist, painter, and draftsman, 1907-2005
51 Ginger Fraser
52 Ginger Wikilyiri 1932 Painter
53 George Ginger 1863
54 Ginger Kerrick
55 Sergei Ginger 1870 Russian architect (1870-1937)
56 Ginger Thompson American journalist