Ginger (name)

Ginger is an English given name, nickname, and surname.
As a diminutive of Virginia, the female variants of the name are Gingee, Gingie, Ginjer, Jinger, Gingerline.

People with the given name

* Ginger Costa-Jackson (born 1986), American opera singer
* Ginger Gilmour (born 1949), American artist, former wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, born Virginia Hasenbein
* Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (born 1968), American tennis player
* Ginger Huber, American diver, high diving silver medalist in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
* Ginger Lynn (born 1962), American pornographic actress
* Ginger Molloy (born 1937), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand
* Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c. 1937–2002), Australian Aboriginal artist
* Ginger Pooley (born 1977), rock musician and singer formerly with The Smashing Pumpkins
* Ginger Stanley (1931–2023), American model, actress and stunt woman
* Ginger Strand, 21st century American essayist, novelist, environmental writer, and historian
* Ginger Brooks Takahashi (born 1977), American artist
* Ginger Williams (singer) (born 1953), Jamaican-born British lovers rock singer

People with the nickname

* Ginger Baker (1939–2019), English drummer, founder of the rock band Cream
* Albert "Ginger" Baker (born c. 1951), Northern Irish former loyalist and ex-British Army soldier convicted of four murders
* Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), Major League Baseball player
* William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork (1873–1967), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
* Ginger Colton (1875–c. 1946), Australian rugby union player
* Albert Goodwin (1887–1918), Canadian labour leader and union activist
* Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell (born 1972), British singer-songwriter and former member of the Spice Girls
* Ginger Johnson (1916–1975), Nigerian percussionist and bandleader in London
* Ginger Jones (1905–1986), Welsh boxer
* James Harry Lacey (1917–1989), Royal Air Force fighter ace
* Ginger Lees (1905–1982), British motorcycle speedway rider
* Ginger McCain (1930–2011), English National Hunt horse trainer
* Ginger Minj (born 1984), American drag queen and contestant on the ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' series.
* JJ "Ginger" O'Connell (1887–1944), member of the Irish Republican Army, general (later demoted to colonel) in the Irish Defence Forces
* W. G. Richardson (1909–1959), English footballer
* Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), American actress, dancer, and singer.
* Ginger Shinault (1892–1930), American Major League Baseball player
* Ginger Smock (1920–1995), American violinist, orchestra leader and local Los Angeles television personality
* James Williams (Welsh footballer) (c. 1886–1916), Welsh footballer

People with the surname

* Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
* George Ginger (1863–1938), British philatelist (stamp collector)
* Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005), British artist
* Ray Ginger (1924–1975), American historian, author, and biographer, husband of Ann Fagan Ginger
* Sergei Ginger (1870–1937), Moldovan architect

Fictional characters with the given name

* Ginger Foutley, in the Nickelodeon animated television series ''As Told by Ginger''
* Ginger Fox, a fictional popstar in the television sitcom ''iCarly''
* Ginger Grant, in the 1960s television series ''Gilligan's Island''
* Ginger Hebblethwaite, a main character in the ''Biggles'' series of books by W. E. Johns
* Ginger Hirano, a character in the Disney Channel animated television series ''Phineas and Ferb''
* Ginger Meggs, in the Australian comic of the same name
* Talking Ginger, an anthro cat in the ''Talking Tom and Friends'' media franchise
* Ginger (comics), in ''The Beezer''
* Ginger, a sorrel mare in Anna Sewell's ''Black Beauty''
* Ginger, the main character in the British stop motion-animated film ''Chicken Run''
* Ginger, a character in the ''Disney Fairies'' novel series
* Ginger, a character on ''The Simpsons''
* Ginger, a character on ''The West Wing''
* Ginger Fitzgerald, the main character in the 2000 horror film ''Ginger Snaps''
* Ginger Breadhouse, in the female aimed-toy and media franchise ''Ever After High''
* Ginger, from '' The Tom and Jerry Show''

See also

* Ginger (disambiguation)

References

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English-language surnames
Nicknames