What can Minnie be short for?

[maggiethemagpie]

My brother's just had a baby. She didn't have a name so they started calling her 'mini' as she is small. Which has turned into Minnie. Which they are now thinking of as a name, but it sounds a bit too nicknamey on its own. What could it be short for? Minerva?

I can think of Minnie Mouse and Minnie Driver who have this name but not sure if it is a shortened form of anything or name in its own right.

Jasmine?

Jasmine/ Yasmin
Whillimena

Marianne, Miranda?

I can tell you though, as a shortie, I would despise being called Minnie.

Araminta? I like that as a full name but not keen on 'Minty'..Minnie is a nice alternative

Minerva... Not that I like it personally!

Minnie is a name in its own right but can be a nickname from many names. Minnie Driver is Amelia. I think some people use it for Margaret or Wilhelmina.

It's a commonly used term for vulva around here. Sorry.

That's quite specific

Vulva. That is fab.

Hermione (according to wikipedia)

Miriam, surely? In fact I had t realised it was short for anything else!

I know an Imogen who goes my Minnie

Ermintrude?

Minerva
Mindy
Mina/Meena
Mary
Marielle/Mariella
Marianne/Marianna
Michelle
Michaela
Amelia/Emilia
Amina
Wilhelmina
Carmina
Romina
Jasmine
Yasmin/Yasmina
Tasmin/Tazmin

Do warn them that minnie is a child word for vulva in lots of areas......

I'd assume Hermione

Millicent?

Dominique

I know a Miriam who is a Minnie.

That now sounds very rude given the vulva comments.

We were thinking of Minnie for DD. The wisdom that is Mumsnet advised me that Minnie is also a nickname for female private parts in many parts of the UK.

We chose something else.

Wikipedia says this: "As a first name, Minnie is a diminutive of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Hermione, Mary, or Amelia."

I personally think it could also be short for Margaret, Mathilda, Martha, Miriam and Mina...

Thanks I will pass them on. I think minnie will be a nickname now whilst she is a baby whatever her proper name may be

I know plenty of people who are known by a nick name that is nothing to do with their real name, often due to the name the bump was called before they arrived. So they can go on calling her Minnie at home even if they decide to call her Alexandra or something as a full name.

Other than that, I do love Minerva!

If my cats had been girls, they would have been Minnie and Ginny short for Minerva and Ginerva.