Name: Virginia
Gender: Female
Usage: Virginia, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Virginia are in general originating from Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Virginia across the world, see Ginny.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Virginia is: Maiden, Virginal.
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Numerology of the first name Virginia: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Virginia is ranked on the 611th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 954500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.014% of the population. The name Virginia has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Virginia for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Virginia is 27 November.
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History and Origin
Virginia is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name Virginius, a name probably derived from the Latin word virgo, meaning "maiden" or "virgin." According to legend, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction by the corrupt government official Appius Claudius Crassus.
The name was the 34th most common name for American women and girls, according to the census of 1990. It was the 545th most popular name given to baby girls born in the United States in 2007. Virginia is the name of a state in the United States, derived by an expedition sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 who recorded the name of a Native American regional "king", Wingina, and reported to Queen Elizabeth I that he ruled over a land known as Wingandacoa. She was probably influenced by this report to modify the name of the colony to "Virginia", in part alluding to her status as the "Virgin Queen." It is the oldest surviving English place-name in the U.S. not wholly borrowed from a Native American word, and the fourth oldest surviving English place name, though it is Latin in form.
Virginia Dare was the first child born to English parents in North America. Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter that prompted the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun.
English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, and Swedish: from the feminine form of Latin Virginius (more correctly Verginius; cf. Virgil), a Roman family name. It was borne by a Roman maiden killed, according to legend, by her own father to spare her the attentions of an importunate suitor. It does not seem to have been used as a given name in the Middle Ages. It was bestowed on the first American child of English parentage, born at Roanoke, Virginia, in August 1587. It has since become very popular. Both child and province were named in honour of Elizabeth I, the ‘Virgin Queen’.
Cognate: French: Virginie (sometimes also used in the English-speaking world).
Pet form: English: Ginny. See also Ginger.
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