Virginia

A female given name: from a Roman family name.

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Virginia is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name Virginius, a name probably derived from the Latin word virgo, meaning "maiden" or "virgin." According to legend, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction by the corrupt government official Appius Claudius Crassus.
The name was the 34th most common name for American women and girls, according to the census of 1990. It was the 545th most popular name given to baby girls born in the United States in 2007. Virginia is the name of a state in the United States, derived by an expedition by Sir Walter Raleigh. It is the oldest surviving English place-name in the U.S. and the fourth oldest surviving English place name, though it is Latin in form.
Virginia Dare was the first child born to English parents in North America. Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter that prompted the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun. The most famous Virginia is probably the English modernist author Virginia Woolf.

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British colony in North America, name appears on a map in 1587, named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. The fem. proper name is from Latin Virginia, fem. of Virginius, earlier Verginius, probably related to Vergilius (see Virgilian). Related: Virginian.

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Maiden, maid, virgin.

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Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Virginia Vallejo	1949	Colombian author, journalist, television anchorwoman, media personality, socialite, and political asylee
2	Virginia Woolf	1882	English writer
3	Virginia Madsen	1961	Actress from the United States
4	Virginia E. Johnson	1925	American sexologist and writer
5	Virginia Dare	1587	First child born in the Americas to English parents
6	Virginia Wade	1945	English tennis player
7	Virginia Hill	1916	Chicago Outfit courier
8	Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe	1822	Wife of Edgar Allan Poe
9	Virginia Mayo	1920	Actress
10	Virginia Raggi	1978	Italian politician
11	Virginia McKenna	1931	Actress
12	Virginia Rappe	1891	Silent film actress, model
13	Virginia Hey	1952	Australian actress
14	Virginia Admiral	1915	American painter and poet
15	Virginia Clinton Kelley	1923	Mother of former President Bill Clinton
16	Virginia Gardner	1995	American actress
17	Virginia Halas McCaskey	1923	American football executive
18	Virginia Grey	1917	American actress
19	Virginia Cherrill	1908	American actress
20	Virginia Williams	1978	American actress
21	Virginia Weidler	1927	American actress
22	Virginia Gregg	1916	Actress
23	Virginia Bruce	1910	Actress from the United States
24	Virginia Satir	1916	American psychologist
25	Virginia Gilmore	1919	Actress
26	Virginia Lamp Thomas	1957	American lawyer
27	Virginia Christine	1920	Actress
28	Virginia Hall	1906	American spy with the British Special Operations Executive
29	Virginia Trioli	1964	Australian radio and television journalist
30	Virginia Thrasher	1997	American sports shooter
31	Virginia Bottomley	1948	British politician
32	Virginia Foxx	1943	American politician
33	Virgínia Cavendish	1970	Brazilian actor and film producer
34	Virginia Henderson	1897	Nurse, researcher, theorist and author
35	Virginia Capers	1925	American actress
36	Virginia Apgar	1909	American obstetrical anesthesiologist
37	Virginia Davis	1918	Actress
38	Virginia Gibson	1928	American actress, dancer, singer
39	Virginia O'Brien	1919	American actress and singer
40	Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione	1837	Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Napoleon III
41	Virginia Field	1917	British actress
42	Virginia Ruzici	1955	Romanian tennis player
43	Virginia Reginato	1939
44	Virginia Ridley	1948	American murder victim
45	Virginia Leith	1932	Actress
46	Virginia Patton	1926	Actress
47	Virginia Gay	1981	Australian actress
48	Virginia Lago	1942	Argentinian actor
49	Virginia Wetherell	1943	English actress
50	Virginia to Vegas	1990	Canadian singer, songwriter
51	Virginia Abernethy	1934	Professor
52	Virginia North	1945	British actress
53	Virginia Heffernan	1969	American journalist
54	Virginia Dale	1917	American actress
55	Virginia Fox	1902	Actress
56	Virginia Postrel	1960	American writer, editor, and libertarian
57	Virginia Hamilton	1934	Writer of children's books
58	Virginia McLaurin	1909
59	Virginia Lee Burton	1909	American children's writer and illustrator
60	Virginia Christian	1895	American murderer
61	Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie	1933	British countess
62	Virginia Huston	1925	American actress
63	Virginia Graham	1912	American television personality
64	Virginia Maskell	1936	British actress
65	Virginia Heinlein	1916	American scientist
66	Virginia Ruano Pascual	1973	Spanish tennis player
67	Virginia Prince	1913	American activist
68	Virginia Bell	1951	Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia
69	Virginia Vestoff	1939	American actress
70	Virginia Knauer	1915	Politician
71	Virginia Brissac	1883	American actress
72	Virginia Astley	1959	English singer-songwriter
73	Virginia Axline	1911	Psychologist/one of the pioneers: Play Therapy
74	Virginia Mataix	1957
75	Virginia Centurione Bracelli	1587	Italian saint
76	Virginia Zeani	1925	Romanian soprano
77	Virginia Ernst	1991	Austrian ice hockey player and singer-songwriter
78	Virginia Bourbon del Monte	1899	Member of the Agnelli family
79	Virginia Brunetti	1990	Italian actress
80	Virginia Innocenti	1966	Argentine actress
81	Virginia Biddle	1910	American performer
82	Virginia Valli	1898	Actress
83	Virginia Stride		British actress
84	Virginia R. Moreno
85	Virginia de' Medici	1568	Italian noble
86	Virginia Crespeau	1951	French television presenter
87	Virginia Foster Durr	1903	Civil rights activist
88	Virginia Fair Vanderbilt	1875	American socialite
89	Virginia Euwer Wolff	1937	American children's writer
90	Virginia Pearson	1886	American stage and film actress
91	Virginia Cha		American journalist
92	Virginia Etiaba		Nigerian politician
93	Virginia Hanglin		Argentinian television presenter
94	Virginia Ironside	1945	Journalist
95	Virginia Dwan	1931	American art dealer
96	Virginia Sale	1899	American actress
97	Virginia Held	1929	American feminist philosopher
98	Virginia Haussegger	1964	Australian journalist
99	Virginia Shehee	1923	American businesswoman and politician
100	Virginia Raffaele	1980	Italian comedian
101	Virginia Cowles	1910	Journalist, war correspondent
102	Virginia A. Phillips	1957	United States federal judge
103	Virginia Ramey Mollenkott	1932	American feminist
104	Virginia Bolten	1876	Argentine anarchist
105	Virginia Gordon	1936	American actress
106	Virginia Demaria	1980	Chilean chef
107	Virginia Eriksdotter	1559	Swedish noble
108	Virginia Louise Trimble	1943	American astronomer
109	Virginia Leng	1955	Equestrian
110	Virginia d'Albert-Lake	1910	French Resistance fighter
111	Virginia Gutiérrez	1928	Mexican actor, television actor and film actor
112	Virginia Henley	1935	British writer
113	Virginia Felipe Saelices	1981	Spanish politician
114	Virginia H. Pearce	1945	American author and LDS Church administrator
115	Virginia Frances Sterrett	1900	American illustrator
116	Virginia Carroll	1913	American actress
117	Virginia Mary Kendall	1962	United States federal judge
118	Virginia Ty-Navarro
119	Virginia Torrecilla	1994	Spanish footballer
120	Virginia Brown Faire	1904	American actress
121	Virginia Martin	1919	American actress
122	Virginia Clay-Clopton	1825	American suffragist
123	Virginia D. Smith	1911	American politician
124	Virginia Dobrich	1983	Urugayan professional theatre Dancer
125	Virginia Harrison
126	Virginia Gilder	1958	Former American Olympic rower
127	Virginia True Boardman	1889	Actress
128	Virginia Gildersleeve	1877	American academic
129	Virginia Minor	1824	United States suffragist
130	Virginia Lee Corbin	1910	American actress
131	Virginia Rodrigues	1964	Brazilian singer
132	Virginia Maestro	1982	Spanish singer
133	Virginia Karns	1907	American actress
134	Virginia Dwyer	1919	American actress
135	Virginia A. Seitz	1956	American lawyer
136	Virginia Lette		Australian broadcaster
137	Virginia Kellogg	1907	Writer
138	Virginia O'Hanlon	1889	American teacher
139	Virginia Livingston	1906	American cancer researcher
140	Virginia Stroud	1951	United Keetoowah Band Cherokee painter from Oklahoma
141	Virginia Johnson	1928	American politician
142	Virginia Hamilton Adair	1913	American poet
143	Virginia Sorensen	1912	American writer
144	Virginia Randolph	1870	American schoolteacher
145	Virginia Van Upp	1902	American screenwriter
146	Virginia deGravelles	1915	Louisiana Republican national committeewoman, 1964-1968
147	Virginia Van Wie	1909	Amateur golfer
148	Virginia Tilley	1953	Political scientist
149	Virginia Liston	1890	American classic female blues and jazz singer
150	Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve	1933	Lakota author
151	Virginia Spencer Carr	1929	Biographer and author
152	Virginia Yip		Linguist
153	Virginia E. Jenckes	1877	American politician
154	Virginia Bethel Moon	1844	American Civil War spy
155	Virginia Kidd	1921	American literary agent and writer
156	Virginia Judge	1956	Australian politician
157	Virginia Hunter	1920	Actress
158	Virginia Lanier	1930	Novelist
159	Virginia Linder	1953	American judge
160	Virginia M. Hernandez Covington	1955	American judge
161	Virginia Vale	1920	American actress
162	Virginia Payne	1909	American actress
163	Virginia Hawkins		American actress
164	Virginia A. Myers	1927	American artist
165	Virginia Buika		Spanish singer
166	Virginia Randolph Cary	1786	American writer
167	Virginia Romay	1916	Argentinian actor
168	Virginia Coigney	1917	American journalist
169	Virginia Loney	1899
170	Virginia James		American businessman
171	Virginia Klinekole	1924	President of the Mescalero Apache
172	Virginia Elizabeth Marshall	1918	American child actor
173	Virginia Emerson Hopkins	1952	United States federal judge
174	Virginia Berasategui	1975	Spanish triathlete
175	Virginia Bosler		American actress and dancer
176	Virginia R. Domínguez	1952	American anthropologist
177	Virginia da Cunha	1981	American actor-singer
178	Virginia Luque	1927	Argentine tango singer and actress
179	Virginia Cary Hudson	1894	American writer
180	Virginia Gonzalez Torres		Mexican activist
181	Virginia Lake		Fictional character
182	Virginia Ramírez	1964	Field hockey player
183	Virginia Cutler	1905
184	Virginia Tufte		English Professor
185	Virginia Zucchi	1847	Italian dancer
186	Virginia DeMarce	1940	American historian
187	Virginia De Agostini		American figure skating judge
188	Virginia Tanner	1915	American dancer
189	Virginia Gabriel	1825	Composer
190	Virginia Ramponi-Andreini	1583	Italian actor, singer and opera singer
191	Virginia Chadwick	1944	Australian politician
192	Virginia MacWatters	1912	Singer
193	Virginia Belmont	1921	American actress
194	Virginia Grayson	1967	New Zealand artist
195	Virginia Pérez-Ratton	1950	Costa Rican artist, art historian, art critic and curator
196	Virginia Bauer	1956	American politician
197	Virginia Mae Brown	1923	Civil servant, government official, and lawyer
198	Virginia Lacy Jones	1912	American librarian
199	Virginia Richmond Reynolds	1866	Portrait miniaturist
200	Virginia Harris