Bobbie Graham answered Meredith Salois' question 9/2/2012 What's A Ginger? I Am A Red Haired Girl And I Want To Know What This Means Cause My Teacher, He Has Red Hair, Was Called It And Got Really Mad And Said It Had To Do With Red Haired People. So What Does It Mean? A ginger is usually someone with reddish hair and freckles and blueish/green eyes like myself. My husband calls me "ginger" as a "nickname". A lot of people find "gingers" to be very attractive. I myself am proud to be a "ginger".