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Virgie
How to Pronounce Virgie
Pronounced VUR-jee /ˈvɜːrdʒi/Medium
Meaning: Virgie is most often a girl's pet form of Virginia, yet on a boy it traces instead to Virgil, from the Roman family name Vergilius borne by the poet of the Aeneid. The spelling with an i for the classical e follows the medieval habit that linked the name to Latin virgo.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Virgie as a female pet name comes from Virginia, but the handful of boys who carried it were almost certainly short Virgils. Virgil itself descends from the Roman Vergilius, remembered above all for the poet who wrote the Aeneid.
On the male side Virgie was genuinely rare and a little unexpected, drawing only a couple dozen boys a year even at its high around 1927 and fading after mid-century. A boy given it then would belong to a great-grandfather's generation; the cross-sex use makes it rarer still.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Virgie mean?
For a boy it is a short form of Virgil, from the Roman family name Vergilius; as a girl's name it comes from Virginia.
How do you pronounce Virgie?
It's said VUR-jee /ˈvɜːrdʒi/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Virgie a boy or girl name?
Virgie is used for both sexes; this entry covers the rarer boy's use.
Is Virgie a popular name?
No, it was always rare, and rarer still for boys, seeing only slight use in the early twentieth century.