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Just on a sidenote, be aware that this name is not pronounced like the English "Gina" (Jee-nah); the Japanese version has a hard "g" and is pronounced "Gee-naa" ("gee" rhymes with the word key and the "a" in "na" sounds like "au" as in the name Aubrey). Make sure that the "Gi" sound is seperated from the "na" and that both sounds have the same amount of stress placed on them. It should sound like "Gee-naa", not "Geen-aa".

This name is shown as a Japanese name, however I have never heard or met anyone who are called 'Gina'.

In Sweden Gina is used as short for Regina.

Gina is also the Jewish word for garden.

A famous bearer of this name is Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida.

"Gina" is also a Greek name (derived from St. George) that is fairly common. People of Greek descent are usually named after the grandparents on the father's side and this is traditionally carried on for hundreds of years.

I've always been told by my long descended Italian family that Gina means 'Queenly'. I've also always had a card from J-Mar company that has queenly as the interpretation of the name.

The name is actually pronounced "Gin," Gina is incorrect. Gin was the sister of Kin, together found in the Guiness Book of World Records as the oldest pair of recorded twins. "Kin" means gold.

American actress Gina Gershon bears the name.

This name is not exactly pretty, but it is not bad, either. It is the name of one of my cousins.

"Gin" is Japanese for "silver". The character is '銀' in kanji (ideographic Chinese-borrowed characters). "Gin" is technically two syllables with two kana (phonetic Japanese characters): "gi" (ぎ) and "n" (ん). The name "Gina", if "gin" is being written with the character for silver, would be pronounced gi-n-a (ghee-n-ah) and would be romanized more correctly as "Gin'a". For the record, I don't think I've ever heard it used as a Japanese name. (I'm sorry if the Japanese characters don't come out properly - I'm not sure if they'll work.)

I really hate this name. The sound of it is like nails on a chalkboard. A little harsh, but that's what it makes me think of.

I've seen someone named this who spells it Jina. I have to say I don't like it either way (Gina or Jina ... or Jeanna).

This is my cousin's name, but it's not a nickname, though I understand it could be. I think this is a great name as a nickname or by itself. And btw, she pronounces it Jee-na. I like that pronunciation and this spelling best. :-)

Better hope no one will mispronounce it JIE-nah.

I actually like this name because of it's harshness.

I like this name because it isn't very common. I don't think it sounds harsh at all. I like Jeana too, but I like the spelling with a G because it's different.

Gina Bachauer was a famous Greek pianist (of German and Italian parentage).

Yeah, a feminine name. Way too feminine if it reminds you of a female private part, Va-Gina!

My name is Gina and I didn't care for it as a child, due to the fact that the majority of people got it wrong by calling me Tina, Nina, Xena, Jenna, or even Christina. I have, however, grown into the name and love that it's unique, but not a name that someone's never heard of before.

Believe it or not, my father had my name picked out for me when he was 13- or 14-years-old. Partially after the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (I'm half-Italian) and partially hoping that it would help people pronounce my last name correctly, as it also has a 'J' sound although everyone says it with a soft 'G' sound. The result was that my first name is pronounced correctly and the last name is, alas, still not.

My pet names are: Gigi, and Gina-Bina when I was a child.

Gina is such a cute name. I love it as a nickname for Georgina.

The name Gina has that flowing Italian sound, and is nice as a proper name as well as a nickname. Same with Tina.

Gina was the fashionable and sassy young woman in the 1990s British TV series "Heartbeat" set in Yorkshire in the 1960s.

I don't like it as a name on its own because it doesn't really mean anything and is just an ending, but it makes a great nickname for Georgina, which is such a sweet and spunky name.
I'm torn between Georgina ("Gina") and Georgiana ("Giana")!

I think it is a pretty name, I have learned to like and appreciate it more. My cousin's full name is Georgina and everyone calls her Gina, she is 10. I think it fits her very well, she has a bright, silly, spunky, and caring personality :D.

The name Gina was given to 171 baby girls born in the US in 2012.

Gina Malo (1909–1963) was an American film actress.

I really like this name, perhaps because my first language isn't English so I don't have the negative connotations of using it (vagina, jeans etc...) Gina, to me, is an exotic but short name which still preserves its femininity by having the "a" as the last letter.

My mother is a Gina,who is like a queen everywhere. She is a strong-hearted female.I can use a Chinese word to describe her charactors as"刚愎自用"Pronounced Gang Bi Zi Yong.She is an immortal and she isn't a reasonable person.But she is loved by us all.