Message: "Maisie" - Behind the Name

Maisie

by Perrine (Destry)

9/6/2021, 4:24 AM

Thoughts on Maisie?

Is it too cutesy to stand alone?

Any ideas why it is getting popular in the UK again? It peaked in 2010 (because of "Game of Thrones", I guess) and then fell quickly but now it's on the rise again.

Do you prefer Maisie or May, Mae?

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- Pink Princess

9/7/2021, 4:00 AM

I love Maisie / Maisy, it’s such a pretty name. I don’t find it too cutesy to stand alone at all, but then I love a lot of these style of nicknames as full names names. Not sure why it went up in popularity, fell and is rising again, hard to say. I love the name Mae too and May is also sweet, but I prefer Maisie / Maisy. I go back and forth on which spelling I prefer there.

- Dianatiger

9/6/2021, 10:37 AM

It's a little bit cutesy imo but not in the unusable kind of way. I can still imagine a doctor or a lawyer named Maisie, like a feisty kind of gal that strives to work in the trenches and serve her local community. Cutesy names seem to just be in at the moment. I prefer Mae myself of those 3, but I tend to like all of them as NNs for Margaret's, Margarettas etc. But they all have the legs to be stand alone names as well.

- Ani (peonini)

9/6/2021, 8:50 AM

It’s very cute, though I’d never personally use it. I think it could stand on its own just fine. I know I’m the outlier here but I also like Maizie / Mazie / Maizy

- Mirèio (Anna21)

9/6/2021, 8:39 AM

Maybe because of the actress/singer Maisie Smith.

Maisie is cute, but not something I would use.

- Starfish and Coffee

9/6/2021, 8:09 AM

I think Maizie is cute. I would never use it on its own, though. I don't think it ages well.

May is nice, but for some reason I can't make myself like it more than I do. It's okay.

- Canielle

9/6/2021, 8:05 AM

My first thought is Maisie of Morningside who is a little kitten who wears woolly jumpers and kilts. The Maisie books were written by Aileen Paterson I think in the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s.

I don’t think it’s too cutesy but I wouldn’t use it myself as I can never shake the image of the kitten in the kilt.

- Amy.B

9/6/2021, 6:34 AM

The spelling looks too cutesy. Maisy looks nicer.

- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)

9/6/2021, 4:36 AM

Maisy

I prefer this spelling, for some reason. To all of that I prefer May much more.

- ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧ (PrincessZ)

9/6/2021, 4:35 AM

It's short for Mairead if you'd prefer a full that's less cutesie and then use Maisie as a nickname ?

Alternatively you could use Margaret or Margo etc

This message was edited 9/6/2021, 4:36 AM

- Kerilyntaryn21

9/6/2021, 4:33 AM

I like Maisie and May. I think lots of UK names have the cutesy endings eg ie y I Sadie Elsie Archie Alfie Bonnie Ollie

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