Virginia is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “maiden.” In 2024 it was given to 601 girls in the United States.
Virginia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · English & American · Italian · Greek
Meaning
“maiden”
Pronunciation
/vəˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
About the name Virginia
Virginia belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “maiden” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Virginia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #6 in 1921, and in 2024 601 babies received the name — 652,372 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.