Message: "Virginia" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Virginia

by Tergirl3

12/9/2007, 5:50 PM

Virginia is slowly creeping up my list. What are your opinions/impressions of this name? I'd also love any MN suggestions! Thanks!

#Virginia

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- saranne772

12/10/2007, 8:12 AM

I love the name personally. It has a lovely meaning and sounds feminine and pretty!!! However Id never use it because I feel a child would get a lot of stick in school. Not a good thing at all!!

- Sofia

12/10/2007, 7:18 AM

I love it! It's nice, feminine, easy spelling and pronunciation.
How about:

Virginia Magdalene
Virginia Maria
Virginia Paige
Virginia Elisa
Virginia Eve
Virginia Josephine
Virginia Anne
Virginia Larissa
Virginia Teresa
Virginia Elena

- Valencia (Vraiment)

12/9/2007, 10:34 PM

I adore Virginia. I like Virginie the French counterpart better, but I still like Virginia.

Virginia Catherine (Catherine goes with everything)
Virginia Irene
Virginia Eve
Virginia Elisabeth
Virginia Elise
Virginia Claire
Virginia Penelope
Virginia Adelaide
Virginia Rosalind

- Sara Mae (SMHRS)

12/9/2007, 9:05 PM

I really like it, I have a friend Virginia "Ginny" and she was never teassed about the "virgin" part.

- jj21jj

12/9/2007, 8:06 PM

I liked it at one point. Ginny is a cute nickname. Virginia is a classic but since it is not popular anymore the other kids might tease because of the Virgin part. That is what the meaning is. The state is named after "The Virgin Queen" or Queen Elizabeth I who never married. I love it in stories though.

- I_Love_Jesus

12/9/2007, 7:27 PM

I love Virginia.

Virginia Elizabeth
Virginia Louise
Virginia Eloise
Virginia Mae
Virginia Christine
Virginia Diane
Virginia Margaret
Virginia Rose
Virginia Grace
Virginia Katherine
Virginia Kate
Virginia Estelle
Virginia Faye
Virginia Arlene

- livieluvbug +3

12/9/2007, 6:22 PM

I don't like it. It is very dated which I normally love, but in this case I just don't like it.

- khaotickharma

12/9/2007, 7:12 PM

I have to disagree about it being dated... just the other day at my job, I encountered a toddler named Mary Virginia! When I think of dated names, I think of the harsher sounding ones that probably weren't even that pretty in their generation, like Ethel, Bertha, and Beulah.

- kra (guest) +1

12/9/2007, 7:02 PM

Hmmmm, I feel the opposite. I like my share of dated names. Some I don't, some that have been popular on here, like Eleanor. But Virginia is wonderful. The flow is great, it's feminine yet very a nice solid name. Spunky, romantic, professional. The only down side. And there is ALWAYS a down side and there is just no such thing as a perfect name.... Is the "Virgin" part. But since it's such an established name, and a State that doesn't matter a whole lot.

Speaking of the State. Virginia is in no way a place name, Just as Carolina isn't. It's not at all like Dakota. But I'm sure you knew that!

- queenv

12/10/2007, 10:19 AM

I have to disagree that Virginia is not a place name. The state (at that time a colony) was named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. So Virginia was a place. THEN it started to be used as a name, most notably, of course, by the parents of Virgina Dare, the first child born of English parents in the New World. They named her after the colony. Therefore, it was a place name first. The difference is that it started to be used as a personal name quite soon after being given as a place name, but that doesn't change the fact that it IS a place name.
I really don't care for Virginia, anyway. It has a clunky sound to me. And I really hate Ginny.

- Alyia (alyiaryianne)

12/9/2007, 6:11 PM

I love Virginia, especially with the nn "Ginny."

Sorry, I'm not good with middle names. =\

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