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.

Maggie Rank in US Top 1000

# 318 in the US

Maggie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 383 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Maggie

• 318 US 2023
• 383 Nameberry 2025
• 339 Future 2028
• 211 England 2023
• 178 Scotland 2022
• 92 Australia 2023
• 15 Dogs 2023
• 36 Cats 2023

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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

The name 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