The ginger Surname
ginger Name Meaning and History
- German: habitational name for someone from Gingen or Giengen in Württemberg.
- English: from Middle English gingivere, gyngure, gingere ‘ginger’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in spices, or possibly a nickname for someone with reddish hair or a fiery temperament.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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