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Jinnie
How to Pronounce Jinnie
Pronounced JIN-ee /ˈdʒɪn.i/Medium
Meaning: Jinnie is a diminutive spelled as it sounds, a cousin of Jenny and Ginnie. It most often stood for Virginia (from the Latin 'maiden'/'Virginia colony') or Jane (from Hebrew, 'God is gracious'). It was given as a full name in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; its meaning follows its parent name.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Jinnie is a diminutive of Virginia or Jane, and a spelling variant of Jenny and Ginnie. It appears in United States records from the 1880s with a small high in the 1920s. It was never common - given to only about two dozen girls a year - and faded through the twentieth century, lingering into the 1980s.
A girl named Jinnie at its 1920s high would be a great-great-grandmother today; the name reads as warm, old-fashioned Americana. Two bright beats give it a friendly bounce, alongside Nettie and Effie. The Jenny spelling long ago carried the sound; Jinnie itself has not revived.
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What does the name Jinnie mean?
It is a diminutive of Virginia or Jane, a spelling cousin of Jenny and Ginnie.
How do you pronounce Jinnie?
It's said JIN-ee /ˈdʒɪn.i/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Jinnie a boy or girl name?
Jinnie is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jinnie?
It has always been rare, an eighteen-hundreds-to-early-nineteen-hundreds name given to only about two dozen girls a year and long since faded.