The name of my toes [closed]

The toes are, from medial to lateral:

  • Hallux ("big toe" or "great toe"), the innermost (most proximal) toe and the closest to the toes of the other foot
  • Second toe or "long toe" (although commonly shorter than the big toe)
  • Third toe, occasionally described as the "ring toe"
  • Fourth toe, sometimes described as the "ring toe"
  • Fifth toe ("little toe", "pinky toe", or "baby toe"), the outermost (most distal) toe

Looking on Ngrams, the names that are most used appear to be:

Big toe,
Second toe,
Third toe (or middle toe),
Fourth toe,
Little toe (or fifth toe).

I have left "big toe" out of the Ngram, because it dominates everything else.


To continue your naming terminology (which are the common names anyway):

  • Big toe
  • Index toe
  • Middle toe
  • Ring toe
  • Pinky toe