Birdie

English

"bird"

Birdie Origin and Meaning

The name Birdie is a girl's name of English, Swedish origin meaning "bird".

Birdie was until recently a middle-aged Ladies' Club member wearing a bird-decorated hat --but now it's just the kind of vintage nickname (think Hattie, Josie, Mamie, Millie) that's coming back into style in a big way. Actress Busy Philipps named her baby Birdie (inspired by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson), as did soap star Maura West.

In an earlier heyday of nickname names--the 1880's--Birdie was a Top 200 name.

Birdie Rank in US Top 1000

# 701 in the US

Birdie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 212 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Birdie

• 701 US 2023
• 212 Nameberry 2025
• 6 Unique 2020
• 944 Future 2028
• 658 England 2023
• 94 Dogs 2022

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Famous People Named Birdie

• Ju Yun "Birdie" Kim, Korean golfer
• Birdice "Birdie" Blye American pianist
• Birdie Reeve Kay American typist and vaudeville performer
• Birdie Wilde English Poet and Radio Host
• Birdy stage name of Jasmine van den Bogaerde, English musician
• Birdie Leigh Silverstein (b. 2008) daughter of American actress Busy Philipps
• Birdie West DeFreitas (b. 2009) daughter of American actress Maura West DeFreitas
• Birdie Joe Danielson (b. 2017) daughter of wrestlers and TV personalities Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan
• Birdie Mae Johnson (b. 2019) daughter of singer Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson
• Birdie Tennant daughter of David Tennant and Georgia Moffett.

The name Birdie in Pop Culture

• (Gertrude) Birdie Piper character in Lauren DeStefano's The Internment Chronicles"
• "Birdie " nickname for Betty Draper on TV's "Mad Men"
• Birdie Watts character in "The Reivers" by William Faulkner
• Birdie Scott character from TV series "Beyond The Break"
• Birdie Lee Coggins character in The Great Gildersleeve radio series and films
• Birdie the Early Bird McDonald's advertising mascot
• Birdie O'Conner character in 2004 movie "Birdie & Bogey"
• Birdie Lee main character in "Caucasia" by Danzy Senna
• Birdie Rogers character on Netflix's original series "Orange is the New Black"
• Birdy main character in Karen Cushman's "Catherine, Called Birdy"
• Bridie 'Birdie' McAdam a character in Catherine Jinks' "City of Orphans" trilogy
• Berthenia Lou "Birdie" Boyer character in Lois Lenski's "Strawberry Girl"
• "Bye Bye Birdie " musical and movie about male singer Conrad Birdie
• Birdie Kaye character in the web series Chicken Girls
• "The Birdie Song " aka "The Chicken Dance," dance fad
• Birdie golf score