Maisie
Meaning
pet form of Margaret, "pearl"
The story
Maisie is Margaret's Scottish granddaughter, the pearl by way of Mairead, and it is the young cousin of the grandmother cohort: where Mabel and Elsie rested two generations, Maisie barely existed here at all, eleven girls in the entire 1950s, a name Britain kept and America had not met. The introduction is recent and datable: about 600 in the 1990s, 1,100, then 4,200 in the 2010s, the seasons a fierce young swordswoman with the name grew up on television's biggest fantasy series, and already 6,100 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run; decade buckets point, they do not convict. One figure is absolute: not one recorded boy, ever, 13,000 girls to zero. The pearl is the same one Margot and Maggie carry; this is its brightest new setting.
Maisie around the world
One shared root links 17 names across 7 languages.
Shared root: from Greek margarites "pearl", by way of Latin Margarita
The constellation
13 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maisie peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
25 people · the #106,978 first name in Brazil · median age 7
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Maisie
Most people given the name Maisie in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Maisie deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Maisie truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Maisie fits with your family’s names and surname.
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