Minnie - Short for What?

[lancs.fox]

Hi,

Does anybody know whether Minnie is a corruption of some other name?

I have someone called Minnie on a census but cannot find any birth or marriage reference for them, leading me to think that it was actually a 'pet' name.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[jillruss]

Hi,

I would think it was either Minerva or Ermintrude, but I think it was also a name in its own right.

Jill

[Kimi]

I alo have a Minnie and her name is "Minnie".  it's used several times in my family.

Kim

[old rowley]

Minnie is the shortened version for Minerva and also for Wilhelmina.........Trudie is the shortened version for Ermintrude.........however since a mouse wearing a skirt and big ears came on the scene Minnie seems to be a name in its own right.

old rowley

[Manchester Rambler]

According to my faithful book of names, Minnie was originally a Scottish pet form of Mary, as well as a short form of Wilhelmina. 

Rambler

[lizdb]

My grandmother had a sister Minnie who was just a Minnie in her own right - long before Minnie Mouse appeared!!!

I guess it could be a pet name for many names

Tell us about your Minnie from the census (approx d-o-b, surname and place of birth) and we'll see what possibilities we can come up with for her)

[Heather D]

Just to complicate things, my grandmother was an Emma and called Minnie or Min all her life

Heather

[teap78]

My Great grandmother was baptised Mary Lowry (1881  Belfast Northern Ireland)
she married  a Patrick McCann and on the 1901 census she is down as Minnie McCann, Wife.


Colette

[Grothenwell]

My Mum was sometimes called Minnie, but more often Mina. Her full name was Williamina (not Wilhelmina), lots of Ina's on to male names were quite common at one point.