Maggie

Diminutive of Margaret
"pearl"

Maggie Origin and Meaning

The name Maggie is a girl's name of English origin meaning "pearl".

Maggie is a cute, earthy short form that has been in style for several decades now, still sometimes used as an independent name by such parents as Jon Stewart. First used in Scotland, it got a large bump in popularity via the 1971 Rod Stewart hit song "Maggie May." Today's Maggie might just as well be short for a more adventurous name such as Magdalena or Magnolia as for the classic Margaret.

Maggie Gyllenhaal was born Margaret.

# 318 in the US

Maggie Rank in US Top 1000

# 485 on Nameberry

Maggie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Maggie Popularity

Famous People Named Maggie

  • Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith
    English actress
  • Margaret Hilda "Maggie" Thatcher
    Baroness Thatcher, British prime minister
  • Margaret Cassidy "Maggie" Lawson
    American actress
  • Maggie Grace (born Margaret Grace Denig)
    American actress
  • Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal
    American actress
  • Maggie Elizabeth Jones
    American child actress
  • Maggie Q (born Margaret Denise Quigley)
    American actress
  • Maggie May
    American model, Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 2014
  • Maggie Stiefvater
    American novelist
  • Maggie Shiu (Mei
    kei), Hong Kong actress
  • Maggie Cheung Ho
    yee, Hong Kong actress
  • Maggie Cheung (Man
    yuk), Hong Kong actress
  • Margaret "Maggie" Jones
    English actress
  • Maggie Ma
    Canadian actress
  • Maggie Tabberer (born Margaret May Trigar)
    Australian fashion and media personality
  • Maggie Eckford
    better known as Ruelle, American singer,songwriter
  • Maggie Macfadyen
    daughter of actor Matthew Macfadyen
  • Maggie McGraw
    daughter of country singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
  • Maggie Siff
    American actress
  • Maggie Rose Stewart (b. 2006)
    daughter of American comedian Jon Stewart

Maggie in Pop Culture

  • Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone
    character on soap "All My Children"
  • Maggie Tulliver
    protagonist in George Eliot's novel "The Mill on the Floss"
  • Maggie Walsh
    character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
  • Maggie Pesky
    fly on animated series "The Buzz on Maggie"
  • Margaret "Maggie" Horton
    character on soap "Days of Our Lives"
  • Margaret Ellen "Maggie" Sawyer
    police officer in DC Comics and TV's "Supergirl"
  • Margaret Katherine "Maggie" Seaver
    mom on TV's "Growing Pains"
  • Margaret "Maggie" Simpson
    baby on TV's "The Simpsons"
  • Maggie Greene
    character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
  • Maggie Langston
    character in TV's "Resurrection"
  • Maggie Jordan
    character on TV's "The Newsroom"
  • Mary Margaret "Maggie" O'Connell
    character on TV's "Northern Exposure"
  • Maggie
    cow in Disney's "Home on the Range"
  • Maggie A. Beckett
    character on TV's "Sliders"
  • Margaret Ann "Maggie" Doyle
    character on Australian TV's "Blue Heelers"
  • "Maggie May
    " song by Rod Stewart
  • "Maggie Mae
    " folk song covered by the Beatles
  • Margaret "Maggie" Pierce
    character on "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Maggie Lang
    character in the movie "Ant,Man"
  • Margaret "Maggie" Duval
    a character on MTV's "Scream," also Emma Duval's mother
  • Magnolia "Maggie" Lacivi
    character in webcomic Ava's Demon
  • Maggie
    character on TV's "Into the Dark"
  • Maggie Winters
    main character played by Faith Ford on the American CBS Sitcom "Maggie Winters" which ran from September 1998 to February 1999
  • Maggie
    2015 post,apocalyptic horror drama film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin and Joely Richardson
  • Maggie
    female Australian Kelpie dog, called the World's Oldest Dog, Maggie the Kelpie died in April 2016 at the age of 30, and was owned by Brian McLaren, articles about Maggie the Kelpie can be found online
  • Maggie Amato
    character in book and TV show Younger and sequel Older, by Nameberry founder Pamela Redmond
  • Maggie the bulldog
    All White female English Bulldog owned by American Bikini Model Elle Johnson based in
  • Park City
    Utah, Maggie is sometimes called "Miss Maggie" by fans