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Girl · German and Hebrew, through English pet forms
Minnie
Say it: MIN-ee
Meaning
Pet form of Wilhelmina, and in Scotland of Mary.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Among the top American girls' names of the 1880s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 159,775 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 55 girls
- 70 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Minny
Famous bearers
- Minnie Pearl, US comedian
- Minnie Riperton, US singer
Names worth a look
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
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.