Gigi

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  • French
French diminutive of GEORGINE or VIRGINIE.

GEORGINE   female   French
French feminine form of GEORGE.
GEORGE   male   English, Romanian
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work". Saint George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Palestine who was martyred during the persecutions of emperor Diocletian. Later legends describe his defeat of a dragon, with which he was often depicted in medieval art.

Initially Saint George was primarily revered by Eastern Christians, but returning crusaders brought stories of him to Western Europe and he became the patron of England, Portugal, Catalonia and Aragon. The name was rarely used in England until the German-born George I came to the British throne in the 18th century. Five subsequent British kings have borne the name.

Other famous bearers include two kings of Greece, the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732-1797), and the Pacific explorer George Vancouver (1757-1798). This was also the pen name of authors George Eliot (1819-1880) and George Orwell (1903-1950), real names Mary Anne Evans and Eric Arthur Blair respectively.
VIRGINIE   female   French
French form of VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA   female   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin". According to a legend, it was the name of a Roman woman killed by her father so as to save her from the clutches of a crooked official.

This was the name of the first English baby born in the New World: Virginia Dare in 1587 on Roanoke Island. Perhaps because of this, the name has generally been more popular in America than elsewhere in the English-speaking world, though in both Britain and America it was not often used until the 19th century. The baby was named after the Colony of Virginia, which was itself named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. A more recent bearer was the English novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).
FULL FORMS
FRENCH: Georgette, Georgine, Virginie
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Lagina
ANCIENT ROMAN: Verginia, Virginia
BULGARIAN: Gergana
CROATIAN: Đurađa, Đurđa, Đurđica
CZECH: Jiřina
DUTCH: Georgina
ENGLISH: Geena, Gena, Georgeanna, Georgene, Georgia, Georgiana, Georgie, Georgina, Gina, Ginger, Ginnie, Ginny, Jinny, Jorja, Virgee, Virgie, Virginia
GERMAN: Georgina
GREEK: Georgia
HUNGARIAN: Györgyi, Györgyike
ITALIAN: Giorgia, Giorgina, Virginia
PORTUGUESE: Virginia
ROMANIAN: Georgeta, Virginia
SERBIAN: Djuradja, Đurađa
SPANISH: Georgina, Virginia
SWEDISH: Virginia
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ITALIAN: Gina
MASCULINE FORMS
ALBANIAN: Gjergj
ANCIENT GREEK: Georgios, Georgius
ANCIENT ROMAN: Verginius
ARMENIAN: Gevorg, Kevork
BASQUE: Gorka
BULGARIAN: Georgi
CATALAN: Jordi
CORNISH: Jory
CROATIAN: Đurađ, Đuro, Juraj, Jure, Jurica, Juro
CZECH: Jiří
DANISH: Georg, Jørg, Jørgen, Jørn
DUTCH: Joeri, Joris, Jurgen, Jurriaan, Sjors
ENGLISH: Geordie, George, Georgie
ESPERANTO: Georgo
ESTONIAN: Georg
FINNISH: Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä, Yrjö
FRENCH: Georges
FRISIAN: Joris
GALICIAN: Xurxo
GEORGIAN: Giorgi, Goga, Iuri
GERMAN: Georg, Jockel, Jörg
GREEK: Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos
HUNGARIAN: György, Gyuri
ICELANDIC: Georg
IRISH: Seoirse
ITALIAN: Gino, Giorgino, Giorgio
LATVIAN: Georgijs, Georgs, Juris
LITHUANIAN: Jurgis
LOW GERMAN: Jürgen
MACEDONIAN: Gjorgji, Gorgi
MALAYALAM: Geevarghese, Varghese
MEDIEVAL LOW GERMAN: Jurian
MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN: Yrian
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Georgei
NORWEGIAN: Georg, Gøran, Jørg, Jørgen, Jørn, Ørjan
POLISH: Jerzy, Jurek
PORTUGUESE: Jorge, Jorginho
ROMANIAN: George, Gheorghe
RUSSIAN: Georgiy, Georgy, Yegor, Yura, Yuri, Yuriy
SCOTTISH: Deòrsa, Seòras
SERBIAN: Djordje, Djuradj, Djuro, Đorđe, Đurađ, Đuro
SLOVAK: Juraj
SLOVENE: Jure, Jurica, Jurij
SORBIAN: Jurij
SPANISH: Jorge
SWEDISH: Georg, Göran, Jöran, Jörgen, Örjan
UKRAINIAN: Yura, Yuri, Yuriy
WELSH: Siôr, Siors, Siorus
OTHER FORMS
DUTCH: Yorick
ENGLISH: Yorick
LITERATURE: Yorick