Name
MINOR

Name MINOR

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 407 births of Minor in the countries below, which represents an average of 3 births of children bearing the first name Minor per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Minor   
In Italiano Nome Minor   


Information about the first name Minor

The first name Minor has been assigned to:
98.77% to boys
1.23% to girls
The country where the first name Minor is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Minor

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Minor : Imron, Miron, Miroň, Monir, Monír, Morin, Normi, Rimon, Romin

Minor in Japanese *

Romajiminaa
Katakanaミナー
Hiraganaみなー
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Minor in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Minor

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.
Alternative forms src :
  • (all): miner, maner, minore, minour, mynor, mynour, mynowr (obsolete)
  • (postnomial): mi
Anagrams src :
  • Miron, Morin, morin
Anagrams src :
  • Miron, Morin, morin
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɪnə/
  • Homophones: miner, mynah (non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Proper noun src :
  • Minor (plural Minors)
  • A surname.
Verb src :
  • minor (third-person singular simple present minors, present participle minoring, simple past and past participle minored) (intransitive)
  • Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.
Adjective (Antonyms) src :
  • (most senses): major
  • (legally underage): grown, adult, mature, of age
  • (medically unthreatening): serious, grave, severe, dangerous, fatal, life-threatening, acute (informal)
Adjective (Synonyms) src :
  • See Thesaurus:insignificant and Thesaurus:small
Adjective (Usage notes) src :
  • In music and some educated contexts (particularly in borrowings directly from Latin), used as a postpositive: E minor, Friars Minor, Rayburn Minor.
Noun (Coordinate terms) src :
  • (law): adult
  • (Scottish law): pupil, adult
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
Adjective src :
  • minor
  • minor.
  • Antonym: mayor
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈminɔr]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nor
Interlingua
Adjective src :
  • le minor
  • the smallest
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /miˈnor/
Adjective (Synonyms) src :
  • (smallest): minime
SE Swedish
Noun src :
  • minor
  • indefinite plural of mina
RO Romanian
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French mineur, from Latin minor.
Adjective src :
  • minor m or n (feminine singular minoră, masculine plural minori, feminine and neuter plural minore)
  • minor
Latin
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Italic *minwōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Doublet of minuō.
Etymology src :
  • From minae (“threats, menaces”) +‎ -ō (verbal suffix). Doublet of minō.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • minor (neuter minus, positive parvus); third declension
  • comparative degree of parvus:
  • less, lesser, inferior, smaller
  • cheaper
  • younger
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • minor m (genitive minōris); third declension
  • subordinate, minor, inferior in rank
  • person under age (e.g. 25 years old), minor
  • (poetic, in the plural) children; descendants, posterity
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • minō
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • minor (present infinitive minārī, perfect active minātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
  • (literally, poetic) I jut forth, protrude, project, tower
  • (transferred sense) [+dative] I threaten, menace
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nor/, [ˈmɪnɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nor/, [ˈmiːnor]
IT Italian
Adjective src :
  • minor (apocopated)
  • Apocopic form of minore
Anagrams src :
  • normi
 

Popularity of the name Minor

Number of MINOR births per year

Popularity of the name Minor
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Total births of Minor by country

Births with the first name Minor
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
379
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
20
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
5
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
2
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
0
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Personalities with the first name Minor

There are 4 personalities with the first name Minor

Minor Watson src

United states of america
Stage actor Television actor Film actor

Minor White src

United states of america
Photographer University teacher

Minor Keith src

United states of america
Entrepreneur

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United states of america
Screenwriter Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Minor

There are 13 actors and actresses with the first name Minor
Minor Rootes
Minor Watson
Minor Mustain
Minor Ferris
Minor Sebastián
Minor Terazza
Minor Robinson
Minor Wilson
Minor & Root
Minor Rojas
Minor Threat
Minor Brenes
Minor Enrique Terrazza

Rankings of first name MINOR by country

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Other boys' names around Minor
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Other girls' names around Minor
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