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Maisee

Girl · MAY-zee · Greek

Maisee is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Maisee mean?

Greek: spelling of Maisie; Scottish pet form of Margaret, via Gaelic Mairead

“pearl”

A Scottish pet form of Margaret; Henry James wrote the 1897 novel What Maisie Knew.

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MAY-zee

Meaning borrowed from Maisie. More on Wiktionary.

Is Maisee a girl's or a boy's name?

Maisee is a girls' name.

How popular is Maisee in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.

2009Busiest: 9 in 20102013
Maisee in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20131#7,690
20124#5,058
20117#3,360
20109#2,741
20093#5,801

How popular is Maisee in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.

Half of all the girls named Maisee in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1982Busiest: 11 in 19972024
Maisee in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202410#9,551
20237#12,192
202211#9,050
20216#13,459
20208#11,085
20190–
201810#9,801
20170–
20165#16,210
20155#16,413
20140–
20130–
20120–
20115#16,756
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20056#14,495
20040–
20030–
20026#13,589
20010–
20000–
19995#14,403
19985#14,116
199711#7,737
199610#8,127
19955#13,380
19949#8,798
19936#11,773
19927#10,471
19910–
19900–
19895#12,356
19885#11,792
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19825#10,514

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