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 [ 2 syll. gi-na, gin-a ] The girl name Gina is pronounced as JHIYNah KEY. Gina is largely used in English, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Spanish, and German. Its origin is Old Greek, Celtic, Japanese, and Latin. The name Jeana (English) and the name Jeanna (English) are variants of Gina. In addition, Gina is an English, Italian, and Scandinavian pet form of the name Eugenia (English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish). Gina is also a Russian and Spanish variant of the name Georgia (English). Gina is also a variant of the name Gina. Gina is also a Spanish pet form of the name Virginia (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Gina is also a pet form of the name Genevieve (English). Gina is also a short form of the name Regina (English and German). Gina is also a Russian and Spanish short form of the name Georgina (English, German, Russian, and Spanish). The spelling variants Geanna (English), Geena (English), Gena (English), Ginah (English), and Jina (English) are other forms of the name. See also the related form, Lagina (English). Gina is a classic favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not as much as it was previously. The name's popularity grew from the 1940s up to the 1960s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1967, 0.371% of baby girls were named Gina. It had a ranking of #54 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.016% and its ranking #854. Within the family of girl names directly related to Gina, Georgia (English) was the most popular. In 2008, the name was thrice as popular as Gina. Baby names that sound like Gina include Jeana (English), Jena (Polish, Indian, and English), Geanna (English), Gemine (English), Gemma (German and Italian), Gena (English), Genie (English), Genna (English), Genni (English), Gennie (English), Genny (English), Gian (Italian), Gianna (Italian), Ginah (English), Gini (English), Ginia (English and Spanish), Ginie (English), Ginney (English), Ginni (English), and Ginnie (English). Details of famous persons named Gina: KEY: Pronunciation for Gina: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
