Virginia

Where Virginia comes from

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Virginia
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #99 among girls — 213 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Virginia Woolf born
    English modernist writer
  3. 1921
    Peak, #6
    19,032 babies named Virginia — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1938
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #22.
  5. 1978
    Virginia Raggi born
    Italian politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Virginia Woolf · English modernist writer, 1882–1941
  • Virginia Raggi · Italian politician, born 1978
  • Virginia Apgar · American obstetrical anesthesiologist, 1909–1974
  • Virginia Madsen · American actress, born 1961
  • Virginia Wade · British tennis player, born 1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.