Virginia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled וירג'יניה in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Virginia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name102K records spelled Virginia51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan, Spanish

  Also written Virginie, Virgínia, Virginià, Vir-Ginie, Vírgíníe

• a separate given name89K records spelled Virginia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Virgínia, Virginía, Vírginia, Vírgínia

• Italian given name33K records spelled Virginia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Vìrginia, Virgínia, Virginìa

• Indonesian given name14K records spelled Virginia10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Verginia, 'Virginia, Virgínia, Virgiñia, Vírginia

• Turkish given name1.7K records spelled Virginia14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Türkiye, Italy

  Languages: Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani

  Also written Виргиния, Виржиния, Virciniya, Vìrgínìà, Virgínia

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Virginia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Italy, Canada

  Also written Vīrgįnìā, Virgínia, Vỉrginia

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Virginia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Virginia är ett latinskt namn bildat till släktnamnet Virginius (< Verginius) med oviss härledning. Möjligen sammanhänger detta namn med latinets virgo ’jungfru’. I den rikssvenska almanackan 8 december. I gamla almanackor stod det Marie avlelse på detta datum, och när namnkommittén 1901 utmönstrade ett antal Maria-dagar, fick Virginia vara en lämplig ersättning på denna dag.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, state, US; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Du latin virgo, « vierge ». Fête/saint non indiqué.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, ) Virginie: weibl. Vom., der au f den römischen

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Vergine

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Virginia Woolfb. 1882GBEnglish modernist writer (1882–1941)
• Bess Trumanb. 1885USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
• Virginia Cherrillb. 1908USAmerican actress (1908–1996)
• Virginia Apgarb. 1909USAmerican obstetrical anesthesiologist (1909-1974)
• Helen Hortonb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1923–2007)
• Gena Rowlandsb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1930–2024)
• Virginia Bellb. 1932USAmerican actress and burlesque dancer (1932–2010)
• Virginia Madsenb. 1961USAmerican actress
• Virginia Raggib. 1978ITItalian politician (1978)
• Laura Fernández Delgadob. 1986CRnot in their usual namePresident of Costa Rica since 2026

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,197 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Virginia?

We estimate roughly 394 thousand people bear Virginia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Virginia have the most bearers?

Virginia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled virginia.

Where is Virginia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Virginia is densest in Lithuania — about 1 in 168 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Virginia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Virginia is the 224th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Virginia a male or female name?

Virginia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Virginia mean?

Recorded meaning: Virginia (a state of the United States)