 The name "Ginninspach" first cropped up in a document that was issued sometime around the year 1200.Other forms of the name that the village has borne over the ages are "Gimmespach" (1321), "Gymmssbach" (1393), "Gimspach" (1430), "Gymßbach" (1460), "Gymbßbach" (1482), "Gymbschbach" (about 1500), "Gimßbach" (1545), "Gimbsbach" (1593) and "Gimschbach" (1797).In the local speech, the name is commonly pronounced “Gimschbach” ().