Entry № 1497 · English origin

Birdie Birdie — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BUR-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Little bird"
Syllables
2
First recorded
19th c. (English)

A name that means "little bird".

Birdie is an English diminutive used historically as a nickname for Bertha (Germanic "bright"), Bridget (Irish "strength"), or simply for any small girl. The literal English meaning — "little bird" — is sweet.

Birdie was popular in the late 19th century, peaking at #232 in 1881. After a long quiet it is returning fast as part of the broader vintage diminutive revival.

Little bird. A vintage diminutive making a comeback.

The name in its native script.

Birdie
Transliteration
Birdie
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɜːr.di /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Birdie stands.

Birdie does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Birdies before her.

Real people
Birdie Holloway
Daughter of Busy Philipps.
born 2008
In fiction

Names connected to Birdie.

The number behind Birdie.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Birdie reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.