Ginny- virginia

[Vanessa]

No: HPFGUIDX 28792

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., amendels at l... wrote:
> I am new here (my second post) so excuse me if this has been 
covered before ( I did check the faq etc, of course). I am wondering 
if 
> there is any signifigance to Ginny's name, which I am asuming is 
short for Virginia ( and given that there is a lot of name 
> signifigance in the whole HP world). Is she the beautiful young 
virgin destined for the archetypal hero (that would be for the Harry/
> Ginny Shippers)? Or is she some virgin sacrifice as she almost was 
in CoS ( or maybe that was just foreshadowing to something  
> much worse)?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Aurora

I've wondered about her name...Virginia is pretty uncommon...how 
about Gena/Gina (pronounced gene-ah), or Genie/jeanie (I dream of...)?

Have we any specific reason to assume it's Virginia?  I've even heard 
Jean and Jeanette shortened to 'Ginny'...