Ginger Family History
Ginger Name Meaning
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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press