Dixie

I believe "Dixie" comes from the Mason-Dixon Line, a line that divided the north from the south. [noted -ed]

I love the name Dixie. Well I did till I saw all these comments about it. I didn't even know the negativity around the name until I came onto this page. I'm only 15 years old and I have a good friend named Dixie and she went to my school for a long time. For the time I was with her she was never really bullied for her name. It sucks that it has a negative meaning around it. All these comments made me feel that if I named my future daughter (who will be black since I am mixed with white and black) Dixie, that she would be made fun of. Oh well... I still think it's cute, but I don't think I would name my daughter Dixie.

I thought the name 'Dixie' derives from the Owen-Dixon line which divided the non-slavery northern states from the slave owning southern ones?