Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Gints was the only given name of 3439 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1922. From Lithuanian given names beginning with Gint-, from ginti(“to defend”), such as Gintaras and Gintautas.