Ginn Family History
Ginn Name Meaning
Irish (Ulster): shortened form of McGinn an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Fhionn ‘son of Fionn’. English (southeastern): nickname from Middle English gin ginne (a form of Old French engin) ‘skill ingenuity’ or ‘snare trap’. Compare Jenner . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 甄 see Zhen .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022