Girl Virginia “The untasted maiden,” from the Latin virgo, a virgin. In Roman legend, a beautiful virgin who was slain by her own father to prevent her being given away as a slave to a lusty Roman magis trate. Virginia Name Origin: Latin Pronunciation: v(i)-rgi-nia, vir-ginia See what 8 people think about Virginia Share Popularity Alternatives Lists Comments Infographic of Virginia name meaning, which is “The untasted maiden,” from the Latin virgo, a virgin. In Roman legend, a beautiful virgin who was slain by her own father to prevent her being given away as a slave to a lusty Roman magis trate. Ask your friends & family about Virginia… Share Pin Tweet Email Text Virginia Name Popularity How popular is the name Virginia? Here’s everything we know. Chart Raw Data By State Year Rank # Births % Births 1910 28 2,838 0.8061% 1911 25 3,260 0.8754% 1912 20 4,804 0.9526% 1913 15 6,030 1.0635% 1914 14 7,598 1.0903% 1915 12 10,949 1.2051% 1916 10 12,486 1.2926% 1917 10 14,258 1.4252% 1918 7 16,421 1.53% 1919 7 15,637 1.4933% 1920 7 17,314 1.5572% 1921 6 19,033 1.6622% 1922 7 19,140 1.718% 1923 7 18,327 1.6363% 1924 7 18,621 1.6035% 1925 7 17,489 1.5473% 1926 8 16,155 1.4688% 1927 8 15,721 1.4202% 1928 9 14,496 1.3548% 1929 11 13,234 1.2777% 1930 12 13,195 1.2632% 1931 12 11,878 1.2035% 1932 14 10,756 1.0887% 1933 15 9,717 1.043% 1934 15 9,995 1.0339% 1935 16 9,862 1.0148% 1936 14 9,647 1.0015% 1937 16 9,512 0.9653% 1938 22 9,268 0.9053% 1939 21 9,227 0.9071% 1940 21 9,553 0.8988% 1941 23 10,043 0.8923% 1942 23 10,804 0.8556% 1943 25 10,844 0.8306% 1944 26 9,894 0.7983% 1945 28 9,241 0.7577% 1946 31 10,016 0.6788% 1947 34 10,405 0.6233% 1948 36 9,298 0.5824% 1949 39 8,891 0.5527% 1950 43 8,314 0.5164% 1951 47 8,179 0.4824% 1952 49 8,161 0.4675% 1953 53 7,546 0.4264% 1954 61 7,178 0.3927% 1955 66 6,855 0.3727% 1956 75 6,384 0.338% 1957 75 6,240 0.3243% 1958 85 5,665 0.2997% 1959 93 5,255 0.2766% 1960 102 4,784 0.2525% 1961 103 4,572 0.2422% 1962 105 4,282 0.2332% 1963 103 4,214 0.2348% 1964 110 3,783 0.2149% 1965 115 3,290 0.2012% 1966 121 2,937 0.1881% 1967 136 2,545 0.1677% 1968 131 2,440 0.1625% 1969 138 2,429 0.1577% 1970 147 2,312 0.1453% 1971 150 2,134 0.142% 1972 165 1,766 0.1297% 1973 151 1,803 0.1391% 1974 160 1,688 0.1299% 1975 156 1,711 0.1331% 1976 160 1,584 0.1229% 1977 169 1,580 0.1172% 1978 165 1,633 0.1215% 1979 169 1,643 0.1165% 1980 161 1,717 0.1174% 1981 159 1,781 0.1212% 1982 164 1,742 0.1166% 1983 165 1,666 0.1129% 1984 188 1,446 0.0972% 1985 195 1,353 0.0891% 1986 192 1,337 0.0886% 1987 211 1,222 0.0801% 1988 203 1,259 0.0808% 1989 213 1,246 0.0772% 1990 216 1,303 0.0786% 1991 236 1,151 0.0706% 1992 259 1,056 0.0662% 1993 266 1,005 0.0645% 1994 294 899 0.0586% 1995 309 871 0.0578% 1996 292 961 0.0642% 1997 359 738 0.0499% 1998 360 771 0.0515% 1999 359 792 0.0529% 2000 366 776 0.0508% 2001 386 723 0.048% 2002 372 768 0.0512% 2003 407 709 0.0466% 2004 438 657 0.0431% 2005 444 645 0.0422% 2006 500 567 0.0362% 2007 534 541 0.0343% 2008 549 512 0.0331% 2009 610 445 0.0298% 2010 592 447 0.031% 2011 556 473 0.0332% 2012 570 463 0.0325% 2013 535 499 0.035% 2014 570 474 0.0325% 2015 504 565 0.0388% 2016 498 568 0.0394% 2017 494 566 0.0406% 2018 510 542 0.0394% 2019 501 534 0.0394% 2020 574 456 0.0358% 2021 534 496 0.0406% 2022 544 528 0.04% Alaska (AK) Alabama (AL) Arkansas (AR) Arizona (AZ) California (CA) Colorado (CO) Connecticut (CT) District of Columbia (DC) Delaware (DE) Florida (FL) Georgia (GA) Hawaii (HI) Iowa (IA) Idaho (ID) Illinois (IL) Indiana (IN) Kansas (KS) Kentucky (KY) Louisiana (LA) Massachusetts (MA) Maryland (MD) Maine (ME) Michigan (MI) Minnesota (MN) Missouri (MO) Mississippi (MS) Montana (MT) North Carolina (NC) North Dakota (ND) Nebraska (NE) New Hampshire (NH) New Jersey (NJ) New Mexico (NM) Nevada (NV) New York (NY) Ohio (OH) Oklahoma (OK) Oregon (OR) Pennsylvania (PA) Rhode Island (RI) South Carolina (SC) South Dakota (SD) Tennessee (TN) Texas (TX) Utah (UT) Virginia (VA) Vermont (VT) Washington (WA) Wisconsin (WI) West Virginia (WV) Wyoming (WY) Data via SSA.gov. Names Like Virginia If you like Virginia, you’ll love these other names like Virginia. What names are diminutives of Virginia? A diminutive is a name that’s like Virginia sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Virginia, but shorter. Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender Ginnie Maiden Latin Vergie A diminutive form of Virginia. Vingy A diminutive form of Virginia. Virgie Maiden Latin What names are variants of Virginia? Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Virginia. Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender Geena American Geenia Maiden Latin Geenya Maiden Latin Genia Well-born, noble; sacrifice; maiden Latin Genya Maiden Latin Gigi Farmer French Gina Shortened form of Regina Italian Ginella Maiden Latin Ginelle Maiden Latin Ginger Pep, liveliness; ginger Latin Gingia Maiden Latin Ginia Maiden Latin Ginnee Maiden Latin Ginni Maiden Latin Ginnie Maiden Latin Ginny Chaste and pure Latin Ginya Maiden Latin Jenell Maiden Latin Jenella God is gracious; maiden Latin Jenelle God is gracious; maiden Latin Jinia Maiden Latin Jinjer Maiden Latin Jinnie Maiden Latin Jinny Verginia Maiden Latin Verginya Maiden Latin Virge Maiden Latin Virgena Maiden Latin Virgene Maiden Latin Virgenya Maiden Latin Virgie Maiden Latin Virgina Maiden Latin Virgine Maiden Latin Virginie Maiden Latin Virginnia Maiden Latin Virgy Maiden Latin Lists With Virginia Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Virginia. 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Siblings of Virginia Mamas with kids named Virginia also have kids with these names. Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender James Supplanter English Aliza Joy; great happiness; joy, joyful Hebrew Adalind Share Your Thoughts 8 Comments Rebekah Feb 21 at 6:16 am We named our daughter Virginia (Rebekah) for so many reasons. 1. Virginia has always made me think of a beautiful maiden and it is an old classic Roman name meaning just that. 2. It”s root is from the “Latin” Virgo; my husband, father and brother are virgos so that with my first name as her second we thought was very witty. 3. Virginia my beautiful daughter was born in the State of Virginia at the University of Virginia hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. 4.. My husband and I both went to the University of Virginia U.Va. Or Virginia) and I was attending undergrad there when she was born; we dressed her in clothing with U.Va. Colors and logos and hoped she’d go to Virginia. She didn’t. — we moved to Richmond, Va. and she attended the Virginia Commonwealth University; although still a “Virginia” school. Reply America united Jan 21 at 3:33 pm The reason why i named my daughter virginia is because all my family names relate to the state her name is virgina united states Reply Portia Nov 13 at 5:42 pm It’s her great grandmas name, we like that it can be shortened to Ginny Reply Silvina Oct 6 at 11:56 am My husband chose the name Virginia because he’s from there (the state), and it’s a very special place for us. I loved the name as well because it’s an old, classic name that you just don’t hear often. Reply Virginia Jan 18 at 1:52 am My name is Virginia I was named after my grandmother I love my name now as an adult but not so much when I was a child my name was different from everyone I could never find my name written on anything when I would go shopping I never ran in to anything kids with my name and now I still can’t find my name on anything and I have only ran into someone with my name 2 times in 45 year but it makes me different now and I love it now Reply Virginia Nov 7 at 7:20 pm I completely relate to everything you shared. It meant a lot to me that someone else gets it. Thank you Reply Virginia Jan 13 at 2:48 pm When I started reading this I thought “when did I post this comment?” Exactly the same as me..named after my grandma and everything else you said. I copped a lot of flack for my name growing up…kids are cruel.and also some adults (I still get the odd “oh…sounds like vagina” comments from grown humans ?) but I love my name. It’s different and very uncommon here in Australia. Reply Emily Apr 14 at 9:08 pm Virginia is named after a grandmother on both sides of our family. We love that this is an established name and also a place. People will know how to spell it. 🙂 We also love the nickname Ginny, which is what we’ve decided to call her. Reply Share your thoughts on the name Virginia Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. 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Rebekah Feb 21 at 6:16 am We named our daughter Virginia (Rebekah) for so many reasons. 1. Virginia has always made me think of a beautiful maiden and it is an old classic Roman name meaning just that. 2. It”s root is from the “Latin” Virgo; my husband, father and brother are virgos so that with my first name as her second we thought was very witty. 3. Virginia my beautiful daughter was born in the State of Virginia at the University of Virginia hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. 4.. My husband and I both went to the University of Virginia U.Va. Or Virginia) and I was attending undergrad there when she was born; we dressed her in clothing with U.Va. Colors and logos and hoped she’d go to Virginia. She didn’t. — we moved to Richmond, Va. and she attended the Virginia Commonwealth University; although still a “Virginia” school. Reply
America united Jan 21 at 3:33 pm The reason why i named my daughter virginia is because all my family names relate to the state her name is virgina united states Reply
Portia Nov 13 at 5:42 pm It’s her great grandmas name, we like that it can be shortened to Ginny Reply
Silvina Oct 6 at 11:56 am My husband chose the name Virginia because he’s from there (the state), and it’s a very special place for us. I loved the name as well because it’s an old, classic name that you just don’t hear often. Reply
Virginia Jan 18 at 1:52 am My name is Virginia I was named after my grandmother I love my name now as an adult but not so much when I was a child my name was different from everyone I could never find my name written on anything when I would go shopping I never ran in to anything kids with my name and now I still can’t find my name on anything and I have only ran into someone with my name 2 times in 45 year but it makes me different now and I love it now Reply
Virginia Nov 7 at 7:20 pm I completely relate to everything you shared. It meant a lot to me that someone else gets it. Thank you Reply
Virginia Jan 13 at 2:48 pm When I started reading this I thought “when did I post this comment?” Exactly the same as me..named after my grandma and everything else you said. I copped a lot of flack for my name growing up…kids are cruel.and also some adults (I still get the odd “oh…sounds like vagina” comments from grown humans ?) but I love my name. It’s different and very uncommon here in Australia. Reply
Emily Apr 14 at 9:08 pm Virginia is named after a grandmother on both sides of our family. We love that this is an established name and also a place. People will know how to spell it. 🙂 We also love the nickname Ginny, which is what we’ve decided to call her. Reply
