Given name
Minnette
“woman from the South”·“one who is greatly loved”
Minnette is a variant of Mina. Interpretations include “woman from the South” and “one who is greatly loved”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Minnette is a variant of Mina. Interpretations include “woman from the South” and “one who is greatly loved”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Minnette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 593
- 0 boys · 593 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 18 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 7 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 352 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.
Minnette’s family of names
Minnette has a related form in Mina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Minnette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Minnette, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Maudie
“one who is mighty in battle”
>99% girls
Maebelle
>99% girls
Mamie
Mamie is connected with Margaret and Mary in English naming traditions.
>99% girls
Jeannette
Jeannette is used as a given name and a surname. Jeannette is connected with Jeanne.
>99% girls
Magdalen
“woman from Magdala”
>99% girls