Mignon

Where Mignon comes from

Borrowed from French Mignon. * (surname): Occasionally of Walloon origin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mignon
  • French
Along the way
  1. 1869
    Mignon Talbot born
    American paleontologist and geologist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1885
    Peak, #695
    10 babies named Mignon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1989
    Mignon du Preez born
    South African cricketer, who was the women's team captain
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Mignon Talbot · American paleontologist and geologist, 1869–1950
  • Mignon du Preez · South African cricketer, who was the women's team captain, born 1989
  • Mignon McLaughlin · American journalist, 1913–1983
  • Mignon Anderson · American actress, 1892–1983
  • Mignon G. Eberhart · novelist, 1899–1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.