Minnie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Diminutive of Minerva, Wilhelmina or Maria; origin uncertain
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɪni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Minnie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- SGSingapore≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 10K
- ITItaly≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 369 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈190,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Diminutive of Minerva, Wilhelmina or Maria; origin uncertain
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Minnie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Minnie | 31 |
| US United States | #703 | 20,922 | 1 in 16K | 21K | Minnie | 369 |
| GB United Kingdom | #886 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 9 | Minnie | 132 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Minnie | 11 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Minnie | 20 |
| HK Hong Kong | #602 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Minnie | 26 |
| CU Cuba | #174 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | — | Minnie | 3 |
| SG Singapore | #610 | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Minnie | 22 |
| JM Jamaica | #117 | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Minnie | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Minnie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A diminutive of the female names Wilhelmina, Minerva, Mary, Mina and Mamie. Popular as a formal female given name in the 19th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Diminutif anglo-saxon de Wilhelmine; origine germanique.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In German, weibl. Vom., englische Koseform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
unexplained. Compare Minney.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In sco, mother; mummy
as a wordkaikki.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Minnie Haukb. 1851USAmerican singer and actor (1851-1929)
- Minnie Maddern Fiskeb. 1865USAmerican actress, playwright, and editor (1865–1932)
- Minnie Marxb. 1865DEmanager (1865–1929)
- Minnie Louise Haskinsb. 1875GBBritish poet and sociologist
- Minnie Pearlb. 1912USAmerican comedian and country singer (1912–1996)
- Kathy Staffb. 1928GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1928–2008)
- Joycelyn Eldersb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
- Minnie Bruce Prattb. 1946USAmerican educator, poet, essayist and theorist (1946–2023)
- Minnie Ripertonb. 1947USAmerican singer (1947–1979)
- Minnie Driverb. 1970GBBritish-American actress (born 1970)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 21K | #1,558 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 75 | #1,558 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 54 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 9 | #351 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 4 | #334 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2022 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Minnie mean, and where does it come from?
- Diminutive of Minerva, Wilhelmina or Maria; origin uncertain Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Minnie?
- In the etymology graph, Mina, Vilma and Wilma are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Wilhelmina.
- Is Minnie a male or female name?
- Minnie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Minnie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 191 thousand people named Minnie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled minnie.
- How common is the name Minnie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 20,922 people named Minnie in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
- How common is Minnie compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Minnie is the 117th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Minnie?
- A machine transcription gives /mɪni/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Minnie?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/minnieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Minnie” — the 117th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.