Given name & surname
Mindi
“one who is sweet and gentle”
Mindi is a variant of Mindy. In English use, Mindy carries the interpretation “one who is sweet and gentle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mindi is a variant of Mindy. In English use, Mindy carries the interpretation “one who is sweet and gentle.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mindi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,405
- 0 boys · 4,405 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 315 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 315 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,021 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mindi’s family of names
Mindi has a related form in Mindy. In Greek usage, Mindi as a surname is a transliteration of Μήνδη. In Greek usage, Mindi as a surname is a transliteration of Μίνδη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mindi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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