Gina

See also: gina, Giňa, gína, and gín-á

English

Alternative forms

• Geena, Gena, Jena

Etymology

• (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina.
• (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina.
• (name from Italian): Italian Gina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Gina (plural Ginas)

1. A female given name.
   1. Diminutive of names ending in -gina
      1. A diminutive of the female given name Georgina, from Ancient Greek.

         Coordinate term: George

      2. A diminutive of the female given name Regina, from Latin.

         Coordinate term: Rex

   2. A female given name from Italian.

      Coordinate term: Gino

      • 2024 April 21, Nick Robertson, “Gina Raimondo says ‘we’ve outinnovated China’ amid chips war”, in The Hill‎^[1]:

        Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo proudly held up the progress of American industry on semiconductor manufacturing Sunday, declaring the U.S. has “outinnovated” China as the two nations fight to advance their domestic technology manufacturing.

2. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 45.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Agin, Agni, Angi, Gain, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, ag'in, agin, gain, gain-, inga

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Gina. Also short for Regina and Georgina.

Proper noun

Gina

1. a male given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Gina.

Anagrams

• gani

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Gina

1. a diminutive of the female given name Regina

Italian

Proper noun

Gina f

1. a diminutive of the female given names Gia or Luigina, feminine equivalent Gino

Descendants

• English: Gina

Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of names ending in -gina, such as Georgina and Jørgina.

Proper noun

Gina

1. a female given name

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1615 females with the given name Gina living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Gina.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒina/ [ˈd͡ʒiː.n̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈdjina/ [ˈd̪jiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Gi‧na

Proper noun

Gina (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ)

1. a female given name from English

Anagrams

• inag, angi