Gina (occasional variants Geena, Gena, Jena, Jeana, Jeanna) is a feminine given name, in origin a hypocoristic form of names ending in -gina (by metanalysis of the latinate feminine suffix -ina), such as Luigina, Regina or Georgina, also of Virginia or Eugenia.
The short form was popularized in the 1950s by the actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927−2023), whose birth name is Luigina.
Lollobrigida became famous in 1953, from which year popularity of the given name Gina in the United States rose steeply, reaching a peak at rank 54 in 1967. Since the 1970s, it has declined steadily, falling below rank 1,000 in 2009.
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People called Gina
Gina Aitken (born 1993), Scottish curler
Gina Apostol, Philippines-born writer
Gina Arnold, American rock critic
Gina Austin (Georgina), American model
Gina Bachauer (1913–1976), Greek classical pianist
Gina Ballantyne (1919–1973), Australian poet
Gina Barreca (Regina), American humorist and professor
Gina Beck (born 1981), English actress and singer
Gina Bellman (born 1966), British actress
Gina Bennett, American intelligence analyst and writer
Gina Birch, British punk musician, founder of The Raincoats
Gina Bold, London-born artist of Greek and Scottish background
Gina Breedlove, American singer and stage actress
Gina Brown, (born 1966) American HIV/AIDS activist
Gina Carano (born 1982), American actress and mixed martial artist
Gina Cerminara (1914–1984), American author
Gina Choi (born 1987, 지나), Korean-Canadian Singer
Gina Crampton (born 1991), New Zealand netball international player
Gina Cruz Blackledge (born 1969), Mexican politician
Geena Davis (born 1956), American actress
Gina Din (born 1961), Kenyan businesswoman
Gina Ferris Wilkins (born 1954), American novelist
Gina Ford, British writer on parenting methods
Gina Gallego (born 1955), American television actress
Gina Gaston (born 1966), American news presenter
Gina Gershon (born 1962), American movie actress
Gina Gleason, American guitarist
Gina Glocksen (born 1984), American singer
Gina Gogean (born 1977), Romanian gymnast
Gina Goldberg, Finnish model, actress and singer
Gina Grant, American who was admitted to Harvard but then had her admission rescinded when it was known she had killed her mother
Gina Gray (1955–2014), Native American artist and activist
Gina Green, American Urban Gospel singer
Gina Guidi (born 1962), American boxer
Gina Haley (Linda Georgina, born 1975), American singer-songwriter
Gina Hart, American comics artist
Gina Haspel (born 1956), American intelligence officer and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Gina Hecht (born 1953), American actress
Gina Holden (born 1975), Canadian actress
Gina Jeffreys (born 1968), Australian country singer
Gina Johnsen, American politician from Michigan
Gina Keatley (born 1980), Celebrity Chef
Gina Kirschenheiter, American television personality
Gina Kolata (born 1948), American science journalist
Gina Krog (1847–1916), Norwegian suffragist and political activist
Gina La Piana, Hispanic-American actress and pop singer
Gina Liano, Australian barrister and television personality
Gina Lollobrigida (1927–2023), Italian actress
Gina Lopez (1953–2019), Filipino environmentalist and politician
Gina Mantegna (born 1990), American actress
Gina Maria Adenauer (born 1985), race car driver
Gina McKee (born 1964), English actress
Gina Montalto (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Gina Nemo (born 1965), American actress
Gina Oselio (1858–1937), Norwegian opera singer
Gina Pareño (born 1947), Filipino-American actress
Gina Philips (born 1970), American television actress
Gina Prince-Bythewood (born 1969), American film director
Gina Raimondo (born 1971), American politician businesswoman
Gina Ravera (born 1966), American actress
Gina Riley (born 1961), Australian actor, writer, singer and comedian
Gina Rinehart (born 1954), chair of Hancock Prospecting
Gina Rodriguez (born 1984), American actress
Gina Marie Rzucidlo (1978–2023), American mountaineer
Gina Sanmiguel, Ecuadorian politician
Gina Schock (born 1957, Regina), drummer for The Go-Go's
Gina Sigstad (1927–2015), Norwegian cross-country skier
Gina Silva, American newscaster based in Los Angeles
Gina Stile (born 1965), American rock guitarist
Gina Swainson (born 1958), American model
Gina Tognoni (born 1973), American soap opera actress
Gina Tolleson (born 1970), American model
Gina Torres (born 1969), American television and movie actress
Gina Tuttle (born 1973), American actress and voice-over artist
Gina Wilkinson (1960–2010), Canadian actress, director, and playwright
Gina Yashere (born 1974), British comedian
Countess Georgina von Wilczek, "Gina" (1921–1989), Princess of Liechtenstein, the mother of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Gina, lead member of Irish pop group Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions
Pseudonym
Gina Lynn, American pornographic actress
Gina Wild, stage name of Michaela Schaffrath, German pornographic actress
Fictional characters
Gina Cross, fictional character in the Half-Life series of computer games
Gina Gold, fictional character in the British drama The Bill
Gina Gray, fictional character. Wife of Michael Gray from the BBC drama Peaky Blinders
Gina Inviere, fictional character on Battlestar Galactica
Gina Jefferson, fictional character in Sesame Street
Gina Kincaid, fictional character in the television series Beverly Hills 90210
Gina Linetti, fictional character in the American television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Gina Patrick, fictional character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Gina Roma, fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Gina Rossi, fictional character in the New Zealand medical drama series Shortland Street
Gina Von Amberg, fictional character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
