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Gina (given name)

Not to be confused with Jina (Korean name), Giona (given name), or Gianna.

Gina (occasional variants Geena, Gena, Jena, Jeana, Jeanna) is a feminine given name, in origin a hypocoristic form of names ending in -gina (by metanalysis of the latinate feminine suffix -ina), such as Luigina, Regina or Georgina, also of Virginia or Eugenia.

The short form was popularized in the 1950s by the actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927−2023), whose birth name is Luigina. Lollobrigida became famous in 1953, from which year popularity of the given name Gina in the United States rose steeply, reaching a peak at rank 54 in 1967. Since the 1970s, it has declined steadily, falling below rank 1,000 in 2009.

People called Gina

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Fictional characters

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  • Gina Buchanan, fictional character in the BBC Scotland soap River City
  • Gina Calabrese, fictional police detective on the television series Miami Vice
  • Gina Cavalli, antagonist in the video game R:Racing Evolution
  • Gina Cross, fictional character in the Half-Life series of computer games
  • Gina Gambarro, fictional character from the television series Ugly Betty
  • Gina Gillotti, fictional character from comic strip series Dennis the Menace
  • Gina Gold, fictional character in the British drama The Bill
  • Gina Gray, fictional character. Wife of Michael Gray from the BBC drama Peaky Blinders
  • Gina Guerra, fictional character in the video game Far Cry New Dawn
  • Gina Inviere, fictional character on Battlestar Galactica
  • Gina Jefferson, fictional character in Sesame Street
  • Gina Kincaid, fictional character in the television series Beverly Hills 90210
  • Gina Linetti, fictional character in the American television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Gina Patrick, fictional character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Gina Porter, fictional character in the television series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
  • Gina Roma, fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Gina Rossi, fictional character in the New Zealand medical drama series Shortland Street
  • Gina Russo, fictional character in the American medical drama Nip/Tuck
  • Gina Von Amberg, fictional character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • Gina Waters-Payne, fictional character in the American television series Martin
  • Gina, a fictional engine seen in Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
  • Gina McClearly, identical twin sister to Leni McClearly in the Netflix miniseries Echoes

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