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According to Eileen Root's Hawaiian Names, English Names, Kini is the "Hawaiianized" form of Ginny and so is used as the equivalent of Virginia in Hawaii. There is a Hawaiian word kini which means "a multitude", but that probably wouldn't have been used as a name if it wasn't "transliterating" Ginny in Hawaiian.

This message was edited 12/9/2006, 5:18 PM