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What does Maisie mean?
Maisie 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced MAY-zee. It is of English and Greek origin, and the meaning of Maisie is "pearl". Nickname for Margaret or Marjorie. Originally a Scottish variant of Margaret. Literary: Henry James's novel "What Maisie Knew".
STARTS WITH Ma-
Variations
VARIANTS Maisee, Maisey, Maisy, Maizie, Mazey, Mazie▼
SEE ALSO Taisie
OTHER FORMS VIA MARGARET, MARGERY, MARJORIE Madge▼, Maggi, Maggie▼, Maiga, Marge, Margi, Margie▼, Margies, Margisia, Margit, Margize, Marit, Marje, Marji, Marjie, Markie, Meggie
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Maisie Rosemarie (M.R.), ..
How popular is Maisie?
Maisie is a somewhat popular first name for women (#3868 out of 4276, Top 90%) but a rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Maisie entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its top rank of #498 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Margaret (#127 LAST YEAR), Maggie (#292), Marjorie (#1167), Maisy (#1342), Mazie (#1577), Maizie (#1992), Madge, Marge, Margery, Margie, Marjie and Markie are the popular related forms of Maisie (#498). Other forms, like Maggi, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Maisie was common a century ago (AVERAGE #920) and is now much reduced (#1461, 91.3% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Mazie falling out of fashion. Margaret is a perennial favorite, although Maisie seems to be getting popular too.
Similar Names
Maisie▲ is pronounced similarly to Macee, Maci, Macie, Maicey, Maicy, Maisa, Maysa, Missie and Missy▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bailie, Caidie, Cailie, Caisee, Caisie, Caitie, Casie▼, Cassie▼, Daisee, Daisi, Daisie, Darsie, Dasie, Hailie▼, Hatsie, Jaimie▼, Kailie, Kaissie, Kaitie, Kasie▼, Kassie▼, Kaysie, Lailie, Maddie▲, Maible, Maidie, Maillie, Maime, Maire, Mairi, Mairim, Mairin, Maisha, Maji, Malfie, Malkie, Mallie▼, Malvie, Mamie▼, Mansi, Marcie▼, Marie▼, Marise, Mariske, Marisse, Marlie, Marnie▼, Marsee, Masha, Mattie▼, Maudie▼, Maurie, Maxi, Maymie, Mike, Miki, Misha, Mistie, Myisha, Pansie, Raisse, Saidie, Taisia, Taisse, Tassie and Zailie. These names tend to be less commonly used than Maisie.
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