Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Minot isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Minot through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 5 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 466 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.
Minot’s family of names
Minot has a conventional equivalent in the French form Émile.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Minot
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Minot, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Manning
“daughter of Man” · “the son of the man; the son of the hero”
95% boys · 5% girls
Milton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys
Mahlon
“one who is sick”
98% boys · 2% girls
Gerrit
“one who is mighty with a spear”
>99% boys
Ilo
Ilo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “of the sunshine; filled with joy Пloe, Ilow, Ilowe.”
77% boys · 23% girls
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Einer
“a leading warrior”
>99% boys
Vinnie
“conquering”
75% boys · 25% girls