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Mennie
How to Pronounce Mennie
Pronounced MEN-ee /ˈmɛni/Medium
Meaning: Mennie is a diminutive given as a birth name, most likely a pet form of Minnie or of Wilhelmina by way of Mena. It carries the affectionate, informal feel of the short forms that families formalized in the early twentieth century.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mennie reads as a pet form turned given name, closely tied to Minnie and to Wilhelmina through the short Mena. It appears in American records from around 1900, when warm diminutives were routinely used as legal first names.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high around 1916 and gone by the 1950s. A girl named Mennie then would be a great-grandmother today, from a generation that formalized cozy nicknames.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Mennie mean?
It is a pet form given as a name, most likely from Minnie or Wilhelmina.
How do you pronounce Mennie?
It's said MEN-ee /ˈmɛni/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Mennie a boy or girl name?
Mennie is used as a girl's name.
Is Mennie a popular name?
No, it was always rare, a nickname-name given to only a few girls a year and last recorded in the nineteen-fifties.