As a first name, Minnie is a feminine given name. It can be a diminutive ( hypocorism) of Minerva,

Winifred Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to: People * Saint Winifred * Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Bri ...

, Wilhelmina, Hermione, Mary,

Miriam Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Tor ...

, Maria, Marie, Naomi, Miranda, Clementine or Amelia. It may refer to:

People with the given name

* Minnie Tittell Brune (1875–1974), American stage actress * Minnie Campbell (1862–1952), Canadian clubwoman, lecturer, and editor *

Minnie D. Craig Minnie Craig (''née'' Davenport, November 4, 1883 – July 2, 1966) was an American legislator, notable as the first female Speaker (politics), speaker of a State legislature (United States), state House of Representatives in the United States.''T ...

(1883–1966), American legislator and the first female speaker of a state House of Representatives (North Dakota) in the United States * Minnie Fisher Cunningham (1882–1964), suffrage politician and first executive secretary of the League of Women Voters * Minnie Devereaux (1891–1984), Canadian Cheyenne silent film actress * Minnie Dupree (1873–1947), American stage and film actress *

Minnie Egener Minnie Egener (1881–1938) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Biography She made her professional opera debut in 1904 at the Metropolitan Opera as one of the flower maidens in Richard Wagner's ''Parsifal''. In 1906 she moved to Italy and ...

(1881–1938), American operatic mezzo-soprano * Minnie Evans (1892–1987), African-American folk artist * Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865–1932), leading American actress * Minnie Gentry (1915–1993), American actress * Minnie Goodnow (1871 – 1952), American nurse and nursing educator * Minnie Lansbury (1889–1922), English suffragette * Minnie Marx (1865–1929), mother and manager of the Marx Brothers, born Miene Schönberg * Minnie Mumford, better known as Jerri Mumford (1909–2002), Canadian military servicewoman during World War II * Minnie Nast (1874–1956), German soprano * Minnie Ward Patterson, American poet and author * Minnie Pwerle (between 1910 and 1922–2006), Australian Aboriginal painter * Minnie Rayner (1869–1941), British film actress * Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer and song writer *

Minnie Soo Minnie Soo Wai Yam (, born 13 April 1998) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. In 2018, she won bronze in the women’s team event at the 2018 World Table Tennis Championships, World Championship and the 2018 Asian Games, Asian Games. Later at ...

(born 1998), Hong Kong table tennis player

People with the nickname

Women

* Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847–1928), Empress of Russia, known within her family as Minnie * Minnie Dean (1844–1895), only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand * Minnie Driver (born 1970), English actress and singer-songwriter *

Minnie Hauk Minnie Hauk in a cabinet card photograph, ca. 1880 Amalia Mignon Hauck "Minnie" Hauk (November 16, 1851 – February 6, 1929) was an American operatic first dramatic soprano than mezzo-soprano. Early life She was born in New York City on Novemb ...

(1851–1929), American operatic soprano * Minnie Pearl (1912-1996), stage name for American

comedienne A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience d ...

, Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon * Minnie Vautrin (1886–1941), American missionary who saved the lives of many women during the Nanking Massacre *

Minnie Warren Huldah Pierce Warren Bump (June 2, 1849 – July 23, 1878), better known as Minnie Warren, was an American Dwarfism#Classification, proportionate dwarf and an entertainer associated with P. T. Barnum. Her sister Lavinia Warren was married to ...

(1849–1878), American dwarf associated with P. T. Barnum * Memphis Minnie (1897-1973), American blues singer *

Minnie As a first name, Minnie is a feminine given name. It can be a diminutive (hypocorism) of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Hermione, Mary, Miriam, Maria, Marie, Naomi, Miranda, Clementine or Amelia. It may refer to: People with the given name * M ...

(1997), Thailand-born K-pop singer of

(G)I-dle (G)I-dle (), stylized in all caps, is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua. Originally a sextet, Soojin left the lineup on August 14, 202 ...

, Nicha Yontararak

Men

Roy McGiffin Francis Roy "Minnie" McGiffin, last name sometimes spelt McGiffen, (March 2, 1890 – August 30, 1918) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the Canadian National Hockey Association (NHA) from 1912 ...

(1891–1918), ice hockey player * Minnie Mendoza (born 1933), Cuban retired Major League Baseball player and coach * Minnie Miñoso (born 1925), Cuban retired Major League Baseball and Negro leagues player *

Minnie Rojas Minervino Alejandro "Minnie" Rojas Landin (November 26, 1933 – March 23, 2002) was a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the California Angels from through after many seasons pitching in Mexican semi-pro ...

(1933–2002), Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Fictional characters

* Minnie Mouse, an animated character in Disney media, girlfriend of

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...

* Minnie Bannister, on the British radio series ''The Goon Show'', played by Spike Milligan * Minnie Crozier, on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Minnie Caldwell, on the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' *

Minnie the Minx Minnie the Minx, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace is a comic strip character published in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953, ma ...

, a comic strip character from ''The Beano'' * Minnie Bishop, from the anime/manga ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

'' * Minnie Fay, in the musical '' Hello, Dolly!'' and the

film adaptation A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

* Minnie Goetze, the lead and titular character in the semi-autobiographical graphic novel '' The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' and the

Other

Minnie (chimpanzee) As a first name, Minnie is a feminine given name. It can be a diminutive (hypocorism) of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Willemina, Winona, Margaret, Hermione, Jasmine, Mary, Miriam, Maria, Marie, Naomi, Miranda, Clementine, Dominique, Dominic, or ...

(died 1998), the only female chimpanzee in the US Mercury space program, backup to Ham (chimpanzee) * " Minnie the Moocher", a song first recorded by

Cab Calloway Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, conductor and dancer. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist ...

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