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.

# 701 in the US

Birdie Rank in US Top 1000

# 201 on Nameberry

Birdie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Birdie Popularity

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.

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