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Maisie

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Scottish diminutive of Margaret or Mary
"pearl or bitter"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

Maisie Origin and Meaning

The name Maisie is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "pearl or bitter".

Maisie, a charming name long popular as a nickname for Margaret or Mary, entered the Top 1000 as itself ten years ago and continues to rise. Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams helped propel the name back into the limelight, along with the that of her character, Arya.

In literature, Maisie is the name of the precocious young title character in the Henry James novel What Maisie Knew, and is also the main female character in Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed. And to bring things up to date, Maisie is a half-blood character in the Harry Potter series. Spelled Maisy, it's a popular children's book series.

When Maisie re-entered the US Top 1000 in 2014 at 658, it was one of the fastest rising names of that year. She's still got a ways to go In the US to catch up to other English-speaking countries, where Maisie ranks in the Top 100.

# 255 in the US

Maisie Rank in US Top 1000

# 64 on Nameberry

Maisie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Maisie

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Famous People Named Maisie

  • Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams
    English actress
  • Maisie Louise Smith
    English actress
  • Maisie Richardson
    Sellers, British actress
  • Maud Daisy "Maisie" Gay
    English actress and singer
  • Mary Josephine "Maisie" Ward
    British author and biographer
  • Maisie Shiell
    Canadian activist
  • Maisie Mosco
    English novelist
  • (Stella Grace) Maisie (Fawcett) Carr
    Australian botanist
  • Maisie Rose Methuen
    Welsh gymnast
  • Maisie Mae Roffey (b. 1988)
    daughter of actress Julie Walters and Grant Roffey

The name Maisie in Pop Culture

  • Maisie Douglas
    character in "Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell
  • Maisie Cattermole
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Maisie Dobbs
    main character in mystery series by Jacqueline Winspear
  • Maisie Collins
    daughter of Adrianna and Ty on TV's "90210"
  • Maisie Farange
    character in Henry James' "What Maisie Knew"
  • Maisie Ravier
    main character in a series of movies including "Maisie was a Lady"
  • Maisie MacKenzie
    kitten in a series of children's books by Aileen Paterson
  • Maisie Wylde
    character on British soap "Emmerdale"
  • Maisie Jones
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • "Maisie Raine
    " British TV series and its main character
  • Maisie
    character in British comic strip The Perishers
  • Maisie Lockwood
    character in "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"
  • Maizy Russell
    character in movie "Uncle Buck"
  • Mayzie LaBird
    bird in Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hatches the Egg" and musical "Seussical"

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