Mamie

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Mamie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Nana
• Papa
• Eisenhower
• Nan
• Linnie
• Nona
• Polly
• Nani
• Meryl
• Bessie
• Ethel
• Gigi

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Mamie is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, Belgium

  Also written Mamié, Màmié

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Mamié

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mamié, Måmié, Mamïe

• Polish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Mamié

• Russian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Мамие

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Mamie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: short form of MARGARET or MARY , which has been used occasionally as an independent given name, especially in America, where it was the name by which the wife of President Eisenhower was usually known. It seems to have originated as a nursery form.

  as a word

• In Polish, dative/locative singular of mama

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, granny, grandma

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Mamie Lincolnb. 1869USgranddaughter of Abraham Lincoln
• Mamie Smithb. 1883USAmerican vaudeville singer (1891–1946)
• Mamie Eisenhowerb. 1896USFirst Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
• Mamie Reardenb. 1898USAmerican teacher; supercentenarian (1898–2013)
• Mamie Phipps Clarkb. 1917USAmerican psychologist
• Mamie Tillb. 1921USAfrican American schoolteacher
• Mamie Van Dorenb. 1931USAmerican actress
• Mamie Johnsonb. 1935USAmerican baseball player (1935-2017)
• Mamie Rallinsb. 1941USAmerican athletics competitor (1941-2016)
• Mamie Laverockb. 2004CACanadian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Mamie mean, and where does it come from?

A diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Mamie?

In the etymology graph, Maria, Rita and Margarita are forms of the same name in other languages; Molly is a recorded short or pet form; it is recorded as a short form of Mary and Marie.

Is Mamie a male or female name?

Mamie is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Mamie have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 54 thousand people named Mamie in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mamie.

How common is the name Mamie?

In the United States, the national register counted 12,195 people named Mamie in 2020, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.

How common is Mamie compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Mamie is the 148th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.