Girl · English pet form
Mamie
Say it: MAY-mee
Meaning
Pet form of Mary or Margaret.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A favourite of 1880s and 1890s America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 78,085 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1890, about 1 in 197 girls
- 24 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Mamie Eisenhower, American First Lady
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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