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Mindy

Mindy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sweet”
Origin
English
Say it
MIN-dee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually a diminutive of Melinda, itself likely coined from Mel- names and influenced by linda “pretty, sweet.” Mindy also became established as an independent English given name.

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How popular is Mindy?

202430.0 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 Mindy in 202499

2024 rank#1,979 girls

Peak year1979

Total US babies since 188042,607

Mindy is steady now but far below its 1979 peak.

Names like Mindy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Melindauncertain; possibly sweet or gentle · Unknown
  • Malindasweet; dark · English
  • 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

Mindy questions

What does the name Mindy mean?

Mindy means "sweet". It comes from English. Usually a diminutive of Melinda, itself likely coined from Mel- names and influenced by linda “pretty, sweet.” Mindy also became established as an independent English given name.

Is Mindy a boy or girl name?

Mindy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mindy?

99 US babies were named Mindy in 2024. Its peak year was 1979.

How do you pronounce Mindy?

Mindy is usually pronounced MIN-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.