Minnie is a feminine given name. It can be a diminutive (hypocorism) of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Willemina, Winona, Margaret, Hermione, Jasmine, Mary, Miriam, Maria, Marie, Naomi, Miranda, Clementine, Dominique, Dominic, or Amelia. It may refer to:
People with the given name Minne Atairu, Nigerian artist who generates synthetic Benin Bronzes Minnie Lou Bradley (1931–2025), American cattle rancher Minnie Tittell Brune (1875–1974), American stage actress Minnie Campbell (1862–1952), Canadian clubwoman, lecturer, and editor Minnie D. Craig (1883–1966), American legislator and the first female speaker of a state House of Representatives (North Dakota) in the United States Minnie Fisher Cunningham (1882–1964), suffrage politician and first executive secretary of the League of Women Voters Minnie Devereaux (1891–1984), Canadian Cheyenne silent film actress Minnie Dupree (1873–1947), American stage and film actress Minnie Egener (1881–1938), American operatic mezzo-soprano Minnie Evans (1892–1987), African-American folk artist Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865–1932), leading American actress Minnie Rutherford Fuller (1868–1946), American farmer, broker, temperance leader, suffragist Minnie Gentry (1915–1993), American actress Minnie Goodnow (1871 – 1952), American nurse and nursing educator Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins (1874–1954), American school teacher and educator Minnie Lansbury (1889–1922), English suffragette Minnie Marx (1865–1929), mother and manager of the Marx Brothers, born Miene Schönberg Minnie Mumford, better known as Jerri Mumford (1909–2002), Canadian military servicewoman during World War II Minnie Nast (1874–1956), German soprano Minnie Ward Patterson, American poet and author Minnie Pwerle (between 1910 and 1922–2006), Australian Aboriginal painter Minnie Rayner (1869–1941), British film actress Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer and songwriter Minnie Soo (born 1998), Hong Kong table tennis player Minnie T. Wright (c. 1874–c. 1929), American composer and pianist Minnie T. Wright (fl. 1920s–1930s), African American clubwoman
People with the nickname
Women Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847–1928), Empress of Russia, known within her family as Minnie Minnie Cormack (1862 - 1919), Irish-British painter and engraver Minnie Dean (1844–1895), only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand Minnie Driver (born 1970), English actress and singer-songwriter Minnie Hauk (1851–1929), American operatic soprano Minnie Pearl (1912–1996), stage name for American comedienne Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon Minnie Vautrin (1886–1941), American missionary who saved the lives of many women during the Nanking Massacre Minnie Warren (1849–1878), American dwarf associated with P. T. Barnum Memphis Minnie (1897–1973), American blues singer Minnie West (born 1993), stage name for Mexican actress Amparo West Serrano Minnie (singer) (born 1997), Thai singer and member of K-pop group I-dle
Men Roy McGiffin (1891–1918), ice hockey player Minnie Mendoza (born 1933), Cuban retired Major League Baseball player and coach Minnie Miñoso (1923–2015), Cuban retired Major League Baseball and Negro leagues player Minnie Rojas (1933–2002), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Fictional characters Minnie Mouse, an animated character in Disney media, girlfriend of Mickey Mouse Minnie Bannister, on the British radio series The Goon Show, played by Spike Milligan Minnie Crozier, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street Minnie Caldwell, on the British soap opera Coronation Street Minnie the Minx, a comic strip character from The Beano Minnie Bishop, from the anime/manga Strike Witches Minnie Fay, in the musical Hello, Dolly! and the film adaptation Minnie Goetze, the lead and titular character in the semi-autobiographical graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl and the film adaptation
Other Minnie (chimpanzee) (died 1998), the only female chimpanzee in the US Mercury space program, backup to Ham (chimpanzee) "Minnie the Moocher", a song first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931
