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What does Missy mean?
Missy 
▼ as a girls' name. Short form of Melissa or Millicent. Pop singer Missy Elliott.
Variations
VARIANT Missie
RELATED FORMS VIA MELISSA, MILLICENT Lisa▼, Lissa, Malissa▼, Melisse, Melly, Milli, Milly, Molissa
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Mesy, ..
(male) Miscoy, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Missy Danika (M.D.), ..
How popular is Missy?
Missy is a very prominent first name for females (#1241 out of 4276, Top 29%) but an uncommon last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Missy entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its apex rank of #663 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Melissa (#297 A YEAR AGO), Lisa (#891), Millicent (#1730), Milly (#1871), Lissa, Malissa and Missie are the popular variation forms of Missy listed in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Melisse, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Missy was widespread in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1068) and is now significantly less (#1598, 97% LESS USAGE), with versions like Lisa becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Missy▼ is alike in pronunciation to Macey▼, Macy, Maicey, Maicy, Maisa, Maisee, Maisey, Maisie▲, Maisy, Maysa, Mazey and Mesa. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bessy, Cassy, Cissy, Crissy, Essy, Gipsy, Issy, Jessy, Kassy, Kessy, Krissy, Lissy, Micky, Milly, Mindy▼, Minny, Minty, Misha, Misti▼, Misty▼, Mitzy, Nessy, Prissy, Sessy, Sissy and Tessy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Missy.
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