Given name & surname
Mini
Mini is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 0 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 6 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,291 as a first name in 2020; 511 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mini’s family of names
In Korean usage, Mini is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 미니. In Greek usage, Mini as a surname is a transliteration of Μίνη. In Greek usage, Mini as a surname is a transliteration of Μίνι.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mini
- Mini AndénSwedish modelborn 1978
- Mini JakobsenNorwegian association football playerborn 1965
- Mini MathurIndian television host, actor and modelborn 1969
- Mini Vasudevananimal rights activistborn 1965
- Mini ChangTaiwanese singerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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