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Ginni

Discussion of the name

Ginni is an Old Danish masculine name known from Scandinavian place-names, although a feminine form Ginna occurs as a runic inscription (von Feilitzen 1937: 261).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Ginni 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Ghinius, Genius

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ginni

  Phillimore edition: Ginni

  Alecto edition: Ginni

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. B3l	Vill Colchester	DB Spelling Genius	Holder 1066 Ginni 'of Colchester'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Geoffrey de Mandeville	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 8,64	Vill Langedana	DB Spelling Ghinius	Holder 1066 Ginni 'of Langedana'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger the Poitevin	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.01	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.01	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Ginni 2 - Ginni ‘of Colchester’ (Essex), fl. 1066
• Ginni 3 - Ginni ‘of Langedana’ (Suff.), fl. 1066