Birdie

Birdie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“little bird”
Origin
English
Say it
BUR-dee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

English nickname-name from bird, also used historically as a pet form of names such as Bertha or Bernice. Now often given as an independent name.

How popular is Birdie?

2024112 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Birdie in 2024373

2024 rank#754 girls

Peak year1888

Total US babies since 188014,386

Birdie is rising: use over the last five years is 12.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Birdie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Birdie questions

What does the name Birdie mean?

Birdie means "little bird". It comes from English. English nickname-name from bird, also used historically as a pet form of names such as Bertha or Bernice. Now often given as an independent name.

Is Birdie a boy or girl name?

Birdie is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Birdie?

373 US babies were named Birdie in 2024. Its peak year was 1888.

How do you pronounce Birdie?

Birdie is usually pronounced BUR-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.