Message: "WDYT of Virginia?"

[Opinions] WDYT of Virginia?

by SelmaBouvier (guest)

12/27/2007, 12:50 PM

I love this name. It's very elegant, sophisticated and classy but I also hate its nicknames. Especially Ginger. Virginia sounds elegant but ginger just sounds like a spoiled teenager. What should i do? Should i forget Virginia? Or do you have other nn suggestions? And What do you think about this name?
Thank you!

#Virginia

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- Marija Luminitsa

12/27/2007, 8:48 PM

I like Virginia and I prefer Ginny/Ginnie as the nickname.

- jj21jj

12/27/2007, 8:27 PM

I like Virginia except I could not come to use it for some reason. She could go by just Virginia or by Ginny. Virginia is a pretty, old fashioned (not in a bad way) name.

- EgYpTiAn PrInCeSs

12/27/2007, 3:49 PM

I love the name Virginia. I know someone whose middle name is Virginia. She goes by Ginger.

- khaotickharma

12/27/2007, 3:26 PM

I wouldn't automatically call a Virginia 'Ginger;' in fact, I tend to think of Ginny myself.

As for the name, I love it. I met a little Mary Virginia the other day, she was too cute (though the combo is far too old timey for my liking, but it flows well).

- jeziana

12/27/2007, 2:07 PM

A nickname isn't inevitable. If someone calls her Ginger and she dislikes it, then she requests them not to. I know a man called Michael who was called Mike, but disliked it. He goes by Michael always now and no one ever uses a nickname with it. I'm sure it would be the same with Virginia.

Or, if you're really unsure you could make Virginia a middle name, it would make a lovely one.

- penguiny7

12/27/2007, 2:05 PM

I'd agree that Virginia sounds elegant, sophisticated, and classy. I love the nn Ginny or Gina for Virginia.

I don't like it, but I knew a girl who went by Vergie. It was short for Vergidale, but everyone thought it was Virgie and short for Virginia.

This message was edited 12/27/2007, 2:06 PM

- Kristen (iamkristen)

12/27/2007, 1:41 PM

I really do like it but I just could never bring myself to use it.

Ginger is horrible, I agree. But I don't think that it's a typical nn for Virginia. Ginnie would come to mind before Ginger would. I like it with-out a nn, being as a don't like any of them.

You shouldn't forget it, I know a 9-year-old or so who goes by Virginia, no nns. It suprised me at first, but after a while I really started to like the name.

Other nn's:
Ginnie / Ginny
Gina
Nia
That's really it.

This message was edited 12/27/2007, 1:43 PM

- Labonne

12/27/2007, 1:31 PM

I think it's a little old-fashioned, but not too bad. I don't hear it too often, and that's a good thing! Ginny is the only other nickname I can think of off the top of my head. You certainly don't have to forget about it if you like it.

I've never heard of Ginger as a nn for Virginia. Maybe Nia?

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