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Ginger ♂, ♀ Originally a nickname for someone with red hair, occasionally used as a given name in the 20th century. As a girl's name it is sometimes a pet form of Virginia, as in the case of the film star Ginger Rogers (1911–1995, born Virginia McMath).

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