See also: Virginia (homonymy)
Virginia is a female first name which comes from the Latin Virgo (virginis) and which means virgin ).
Alternatives
Nicknames and derived:
Vicky, Vivi, Nini, Virgin, Virg, Girvinie, Virdge, Virginou, Virzinou, Virgie, Vir, Vichou, Ginie.
Popularity of the name
The Prénom Virginia was given 170.869 times between
1900 and
2002, including 121 times in 2002. The largest period was between
1970 and
1990 where it was given between 5.000 and 10.000 times per annum. The maximum is reached in 1974 with 10.539 births.
- 1900: 407 birth/Row: 154ème
- 1940 : Row: 28th
- 1950: 53 births/Row: 658ème
- 1974 : 10.539 births
- 2002: 121 births
- 2003: 34 births/Row: 597ème
- 2005 : 84 births/Row: 1063ème
Virginia like name of anybody or first name
Holy
- Holy Virginia, Shepherdess in Poitou at the beginning of Christianity, gave a name to the village of Holy-Rod close to Thouars (festival the January 7th).
First name
Characters of fiction and works of art
- Virginia - a first name, a character , of Rouzic the rouz
- Paul and Virginia , of Bernardin of Saint-Pierre
Toponymy
- Virginia, State of the United States.
- Virginia-Western, State of the United States.
- Holy-Rod French locality close to Niort.
Simple: Virginia