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Minor

What does Minor mean?

Minor Pronunciation of Minor as a boys' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Minor is "younger". Photographer Minor White.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mi-, -or

ASSOCIATED WITH white

Variations

VARIANTS Menor, Miner, Meinor, Mynor

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Manor, ..

(female) Mido, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Minor Nikko (M.N.), ..

How popular is Minor?

Minor is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#1078 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Minor entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its peak rank of #520 in the U.S. then, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Minor name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Minor outside U.S.

Which version is better?

The only other prominent variation form of Minor listed in the Top 2000 is Miner. Adoption of these forms of Minor was common among parents during 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #781), but now, the form Minor has become somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Minor, Miner in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Minor and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Minor is pronounced similarly to Maynor, Mounir, Muneer, Muneir and Munir. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abnor, Conor, Gainor, Gibor, Konor, Major, Mano, Manoa, Marinor (see Marriner), Mayor, Mazor, Meino, Mentor, Miko, Mikol, Milo, Minoru, Minos, Miron, Rainor, Sior, Tibor, Vidor, Vitor and Winsor. These names tend to be more commonly used than Minor.

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