Character names

[serenadust <jmmears@comcast.net>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Melissa McCarthy" wrote:
> I've always heard of the name Ginger (except for pets) as being a 
nickname
> for Virginia, but if it's used as an independent name, that could 
work too!
> Ah, the joys of speculation.  Ginger would also give her a lot 
less to live
> up to!

Maybe I'm just slow, but what about the name Ginger would give Ginny 
a lot to live up to?  Does "ginger" have another meaning (apart from 
the spice or the name)?

Jo Serenadust, puzzled