Given name & surname
Pinkey
“one who is healthy”
Pinkey is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pinkey is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pinkey is a variant of Pink. An origin associated with Pink is American.
Explained through its name family
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
Pinkey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 6 boys · 574 girls
- Most popular year
- 1910
- 17 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 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 as a first name in 2020; 254 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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