Pixie

Swedish or Cornish

"fairy"

Updated Mon Apr 22 2024

Pixie Origin and Meaning

The name Pixie is a girl's name of Celtic, Swedish, Cornish origin meaning "fairy".

Pixie is a cute -- quite possibly too cute -- name that suddenly feels possible thanks to the craze for names that contain the letter x. Though its origin may be uncertain, a pixie is internationally recognized as a sprite or fairy: tiny, sometimes green, usually pointy-eared.

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Pixie Popularity

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Famous People Named Pixie

(Little) Pixie GeldofEnglish model and singer; daughter of musician Bob Geldof
Victoria Louise "Pixie" LottEnglish singer,songwriter and actress
Bernadette Anne "Pixie" McKennaIrish physician and TV presenter
Pixie O'Harris (born Rhona Olive Harris)Australian artist
Pamela Colman "Pixie" SmithEnglish artist and illustrator
Pikiteora Maude Emily Gertrude Edith "Pixie" WilliamsNew Zealand pop singer
Pixie DaviesEnglish child actress

Pixie in Pop Culture

Pixie TownsendAnthony Kroesig's wife in The Pursuit of Love (1945) by Nancy Mitford
Pixie aka Megan Gwynncharacter in the X,Men series
"The Secret Destiny of Pixie Piper" novel by Annabelle Fisher
Pixiemale mouse in animated series "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks"
"Pixie Hollow" Disney online role playing game starring Peter Pan's Tinkerbell
Pixie dustsubstance used to fly in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"
"PopPixie" Italian animated series
The PixiesAmerican band
Pixy Stixcandy
Pyxieaka flowering moss, a type of shrubby evergreen plant with small, star,like blossoms
Manic Pixie Dream Girlstock character in fiction

Sandra Louise 'Pixie' Masoncharacter in television's 'Prisoner Cell Block H'