When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name
Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun
putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.
Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and
research a little about their name. So here it goes...
Name: Virginia
Gender: Female
Character From: Willow Pond
Origin of Virginia:
It is Latin for the word "maiden"
Places named Virginia:
Virgina, State in US
West Virginia, State in US
Calle Virginia, Puerto Rica
Virginia, Ecuador
Rue Virginia, France
Characters named Virginia?
- Virginia Woolf, a character in the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Have you heard of these gals?
- Virginia Patterson "Patsy" Cline, a singer
- Virginia Dare, the "first" baby born in America of English Settlers
- Virginia "Ginger" Rogers, a singer and dancer, best known for her role in Kitty Foyle which she won an Academy Award for.
- Virginia Woolf, an author
Do you know of anyone named Virginia or any famous Virginia's I am
missing?
Virginia "Ginny" Weasley? ;)
ReplyDeleteGinny's full name is Ginevra I believe, but great guess. I never thought of looking up Ginnys to see if they derive from Virginia.
DeleteI don't know anyone with that name, except Virginia Woolf. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely an old fashioned name in my mind but I like it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone with that name. I think it would be cute if it wasn't the name of a state.
ReplyDeleteMy mother (who goes by Ginny) and my grandmother are both Virginias:)
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