Given name & surname
Minor
“a young woman; a lass”
Minor is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a young woman; a lass.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a young woman; a lass.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Minor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,740
- 1,728 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 45 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 boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,110 as a first name in 2020; 30,050 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Minor
- Minor WatsonAmerican actor (1889-1965)
- Minor White(1908-1976) American photographer (1908–1976)
- Minor Cooper KeithAmerican businessman (1848–1929)
- Minor WhiteAmerican astronomer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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