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Offline scanny

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Minnie as a female name
« on: Saturday 13 May 06 14:50 BST (UK) »
Anyone any ideas as to what this may be short for?

I have an Amy, Jessie, Mary, Kate , Ethel and Eva to choose from!!  Unless of course Minnie is another!

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 13 May 06 14:51 BST (UK) »
I can confirm that Minnie was used as a name in its own right.

Surprised me, too!

kind regards, Arranroots  ;)

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 13 May 06 14:55 BST (UK) »
No Wilhelmina in the family, then  ;D

My grandmother was called Minnie, but her real name was Minna,
but she was austrian, so it's probably different rules there !

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 May 06 13:17 BST (UK) »
It could also be Minerva, or Minnie may have been a 2nd Christian name which she preferred to her 1st name ?  Poli
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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 May 06 15:32 BST (UK) »
There was a Minnie Bacon, Belper  1872-1889, in my tree, so i suppose it must have been a recognized name.
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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 May 06 16:58 BST (UK) »
i have a minnie too.

if you look at Ancestry or Free BMD birth registrations you will find 170,001 Minnies between 1837 and 1983 (or as far as Free BMD goes up to at least)


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Cutter - Co Durham/Northumberland/Yorkshire
Hunter - Co Durham/Northumberland/Yorkshire
Siveter/Siviter - Birmingham




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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 14 May 06 20:09 BST (UK) »
My mother in laws name is Minnie, its not short for anything else. Her full name is Minnie Beatrice, she hates Minnie and calls herself Bea.

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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 14 May 06 20:14 BST (UK) »

My great aunt was called Minnie and her real name was infact Mary, while the other one's real name was Margaret.

Both aunts where Irish if that helps at all.





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Re: Minnie as a female name
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 14 May 06 21:33 BST (UK) »
Hello:

Just to confirm that Minnie is  a proper first name. That is my mum's name.  In fact I have just returned home from taking her out for a mother's day brunch.....

Cheers
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