Ginny?

[xXjunebugXx]

So weird that all the names I seem to like a short/nick name types! I posted Elvie a couple of days back! I did post Alba a while ago but hubby has gone off it :(

So, opinions on Ginny.....the Harry Potter link doesn't put me off at all.

[ACM88]

I really like it! (Like the Harry potter link too)

[squoosh]

Very jolly hockey sticks.

[xXjunebugXx]

Squoosh, I have no idea what that means...care to enlighten me?

[xXjunebugXx]

Oh, Enid Blyton?

[squoosh]

Yes, rosy cheeked, 1950's boarding school heroine with boundless energy and a tendency to say 'How simply wizard!'.

[TheCowThatLaughs]

Virginia, with Gini for short is nice imo. Or the French Virginie is lovely too.

[squoosh]

Anything with 'virgin' in it would be on my To Avoid list.

[xXjunebugXx]

Got you Squoosh :) It has been an absolute age since I read Enid Blyton books! Gosh I feel old now!

I just like Ginny, no longer versions of names. I don't think sounds as cutesy as other shortened names. I really love Ginny and Edie. Elvie is lovely but I don't love it but the husband does. Hmmmm.

[PandasRock]

Imogen can be shortened to Ginny too. I like Ginny. It's more Antonia Forester than Enid Blyton, imo.

[ButterflyOfFreedom]

I know a dog called Ginny.

Don't like the name at all - for people or pets, sorry.

[RiverTam]

I like the character in the books, but never liked the name.

[CornChips]

Jennifer also can be shortened to Jinny.

(My deep and abiding love, the Jinny at Finmory books).

[KEGirlOnFire]

No don't do it!!! It's my boss's name and someone I know has just called their new puppy Ginny. Please don't...

[Elllimam]

I love it but my OH is not keen :(

[SuburbanRhonda]

My guinea pig is called Ginny.

I also think it sounds a bit Famous Five.

And Elvie? I bet you'd get at least one person mistakenly writing Elvis

[AlleyCat11]

If Barbara from The Good Life had a sister...

[Viviennemary]

Not keen tbh. Sounds like something out of a Jilly Cooper novel. Not that I've read any as never got past the first page.

[Trainersandaches]

I LOVE the name Ginny!

I read a book about the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who had an amazing wife called Ginny who spoke fluent Arabic, was a trained mechanic and won awards for exploring and I thought it would be a great namesake for a girl.

[badtime]

Mmmmmm, gin.

[xXjunebugXx]

I LOVE it too. I think I must be fussy! I just like Ginny, not keen on Jinny, not keen on Ginnifer (as in Goodwin) either. Imogen is lovely but a very close friend of mine has an Imogen (goes by Immy)

I don't mind if some pets have the name, hell I know so many dogs called Poppy and a fair few kids too, same with Lucy or Ruby! All nice names for humans and pets!

I appreciate your opinions :)

[Sophronia]

Apparently in HP Ginny is supposed to be short for Ginevra, which I kind of like.

[CornChips]

Ginny/Genevieve

But, why not have just the shorter name if that is what you like? Quite posh friends of ours just have Tom. Not Thomas. His given name is Tom.

[TheCowThatLaughs]

squoosh I have a friend called Virginia, who admits it wasn't an easy name to have as a teenager, but she loves her name now, and I think it's lovely too.

[burgatroyd]

Ginnerfer?

[Gingerjv]

I do not like the names which sound like nicknames or shorten names. I would choose Genevieve for Ginny