Verginia

Verginia is the older Latin form of the name more commonly rendered as Virginia, derived from the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, itself likely connected to the Latin word virgo, meaning maiden or virgin. The name is closely associated with the legendary Roman story of Verginia, a plebeian girl whose father killed her to preserve her honor from the decemvir Appius Claudius, an tale that became central to Roman republican tradition. The spelling Verginia reflects the classical Latin orthography before the consonantal shift that produced the more familiar Virginia, which later gained widespread use as both a given name and a place name. Related forms include Virginia, Virginie, and Virgínia.