Names - Ginny

[ohtoresonate]

No: HPFGUIDX 37332

--- part of a post from Philip Nel <philnel at k...>:
> OTR adds:
> 
> > And a sister whose name, if not short for Virginia (for the
> > Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I), could be short for Regina, which is 
> > Latin for queen (source: http://www.behindthename.com/nm/r2.html).
> >
> > Of course, if it turns out that Ginny is short for Ginger...
> 
> And, now, I add an *extremely* minor point: I think Ginger is short 
for Virginia, too.  (Virginia Katherine McMath was better known as 
Ginger Rogers.)

Good point.  I only had the not-very-royal condiment (and not Geri 
Halliwell) and the color red (as in ginger cats) in mind when I threw 
that out for a chuckle.

:) OTR