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Offline Missprim

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 14 May 06 22:22 BST (UK) »
According to my Dictionary of First Names Minnie is the pet form of Wilhelmina and at its peak in the second half of the 19th century. 

However Minnie was also used as a name in its own right - I had an aunt named Minnie born 1901 - and her name wasn't a pet-form of anything else.

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 14 May 06 22:34 BST (UK) »
I don't know whether it's a 'Scottish' thing, but I've known of quite a few 'Minnies' who were all christened Marion.

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 14 May 06 22:40 BST (UK) »
The book I have says that Minnie was also a Scottish pet form of Mary.

Can't say I'd heard or found that before  :-\

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 20 May 06 17:20 BST (UK) »
in our family tree, our Minnie was in fact Jemima.

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 20 May 06 18:07 BST (UK) »
Hi, my greatgrandmother was known as Minnie but her real name was Mary as well so don't know if that means anything. One of my other greatgrandmothers was called Granny, (even by her husband!) but that's another story.

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