Jinger
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Jinger by the numbers
Jinger was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1982, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Jinger
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jinger. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jennerone who works with jennies; occupational surname7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jinger
Names that are said the same way as Jinger, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Gingerginger spice; from the plant62 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jinger
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