Gender Feminine Usage Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Pronounced Pron. JEE-na(Italian) JEE-nə(English) Meaning & History Short form of Georgina, Regina, Luigina and other names ending in gina. It can also be used as a diminutive of Virginia or Eugenia. It was popularized in the 1950s by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023), whose birth name was Luigina.