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• minnie
  minnie

  noun

  mother; mom.
• Minnie
  Minnie

  noun

  a female given name, form of Mary.

minnie

¹ American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

Or minny

noun

Scots and North England Informal.

1. mother; mom.

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Minnie ² American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

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Etymology

Origin of minnie

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

minnie Minnie

I need you to perform at her party with specifically a minnie mouse dead-mow-five head… not a mickey mouse dead-mow-five head.

From Time ● Mar. 2, 2016

With the belligerence of Ukip leader Nigel Farage, standard-bearers of the unapologetically three-dimensional say: Shove your skinny minnie game, because we're not playing.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013

Get a minnie mouse bandage and go to sleep.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2010

I. Her daddie forbad, her minnie forbad; Forbidden she wadna be: She wadna trow’t, the browst she brew’d Wad taste sae bitterlie.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Her plating was but pine wood to the steel projectiles, flying with almost the swiftness of a minnie bullet.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin

Minnie Driver’s Paris adventures went awry this week when she was involved in a car accident that she’s describing as a frightening close call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Police have named her as Minnie Merriman from West Yorkshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Paddick and her children, Sid and Minnie, are among thousands of Hampshire residents caught up in the dragnet, which has pulled in drone pilots, schoolchildren and the local airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

At the first event, I caught a glimpse of the legendary actor Minnie Driver, who was nominated for supporting actress for the film “Good Will Hunting” in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

But once we had put Minnie into Algernons cage, Fay grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the room.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes