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Helen

Helen Report 17 Jul 2006 15:17

My Dad had an Aunt Min who was actually a Miriam.

Heather

Heather Report 17 Jul 2006 15:09

Loo, I had a minnie who turned out to be Ellen. Her mother was the same name and I wonder if it is a pet name (an old time mini-me!) if the mum has same name as daughter.

Cornish

Cornish Report 17 Jul 2006 14:23

It could very well have been a name in its own right. I have a Nanny in my tree and was convinced that was a pet name, but nope Nanny it was. Minnie is also a derivative of Philomena, Minna, Minerva, Miriam (Mary) and Wilhelmina though. Happy hunting, Bex x

Kate

Kate Report 17 Jul 2006 13:54

I had a look in a baby names book and found Minnie Pet form of WILHELMINA Kate :))

Robert

Robert Report 17 Jul 2006 13:53

I don't think it is necesarily short for anything. If you search the birth index on ancestry there are thousands of them. Rob

Barbra

Barbra Report 17 Jul 2006 13:48

my Grandmother was known as Minnie - her name was actually Maria. Barbara

Linda G

Linda G Report 17 Jul 2006 13:45

Anyone got any ideas what Minnie could be short for?........ Thanks................... Linda