Ginger

Ginger as a name has several possible sources. In the case of Ginger Rogers, it was a nickname for Virginia. Ginger is also a spice, and because the spice has a reddish-brown color, Ginger has also been used as a nickname for someone with red hair. Ginger as a given name in its own right is a fairly new entry to the name game. It was used some during the middle decades of the 1900's, but has never been really popular. What Ginger has been used for alot is as an animal name. Anyone who read the book Black Beauty by Anna Sewell will remember the horse named Ginger, and plenty of horses have had the name because of the color of their coats. I've also personally known a cat who was named Ginger because she had a "spicy" personality, and a dog named Ginger for no apparent reason. Then again, I also know a woman named Ginger. She doesn't have red hair, but she does have a pretty spicy personality. Other than Ginger Rogers, the most famous human bearer of the name Ginger might well be Ginger "the movie star" from television's Gilligan's Island.