Maisie

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maisie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Korean given name45 records spelled Maisie5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom

  Also written Meizi, Meiji, 메이지, Mage

• Russian given name39 records spelled Maisie13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Мацы, Macy, Мэйси, Мейсі, Meisi

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maisie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Scottish: pet form derived from Mairead , the Gaelic form of MARGARET , with the Scottish and northern English hypocoristic suffix - ie . Gaelic palatalized - r - sounds to English ears like /z/. The name occurs in Scottish border ballads in the form Masery .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1890–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mazo de la Rocheb. 1879CAnot in their usual nameCanadian writer (1879-1961)
• Stella Grace Maisie Carrb. 1912AUAustralian ecologist (1912–1988)
• Maisie Richardson-Sellersb. 1992GBEnglish actress
• Maisy Gibsonb. 1996AUnot in their usual nameAustralian cricket player
• Maisie Petersb. 2000GBBritish singer
• Maisie Smithb. 2001GBBritish actress
• Maisie Methuenb. 2001GBBritish artistic gymnast
• Maisie Symondsb. 2003GBEnglish footballer
• Maisie Slyb. 2011GBBritish actress
• Maisie Tipangoactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 430 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maisie?

We estimate roughly 6.5 thousand people bear Maisie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Maisie have the most bearers?

Maisie is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled maisie.

How common is Maisie compared with other names?

In Ireland, Maisie is the 365th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.

Is Maisie a male or female name?

Maisie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maisie mean?

Recorded meaning: A Scottish diminutive of the female given name Margaret.