Fun Facts About the Name Maizey
- 710 babies named Maizey: U.S. records list 710 babies given the name Maizey from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maizey Mean?
Maizey is a modern respelling of Maisie (also spelled Maisy), a Scottish familiar form of Margaret. Margaret comes from the Greek margaritēs and the Latin margarita, both meaning "pearl." The earlier origin of the Greek word is uncertain; it is often traced to an older Middle Eastern or Persian term for the gem, but that step is not settled. In Scotland, Margaret took the Gaelic form Mairead, and Maisie developed from it as a pet form. Maizey carries the same meaning, "pearl." The z is an English spelling variation of the s in Maisie, not a change in the name's sense or derivation. Maizey resembles the English word maize ("corn," from Spanish maíz, itself from Taíno mahiz), but the likeness is a coincidence of spelling rather than the source of the name.
Maizey Name History & Origins
Devotion to Saint Margaret of Antioch spread the name Margaret widely in medieval Europe, and it became a common name in Scotland, where Gaelic speakers used Mairead. Maisie appears in Scottish usage as an affectionate diminutive of Margaret, and by the 19th century it was also recorded as an independent given name rather than only a nickname. The name passed into broader English use, and the child character Maisie in Henry James's novel What Maisie Knew (1897) is a well-known literary use of it, not its origin.
Spellings such as Maisy and Maizie arose alongside Maisie, and Maizey belongs to that set of variants in which z stands in for s. This kind of respelling has no separate linguistic root; it reflects English spelling habits rather than a distinct derivation, so Maizey shares the history of Maisie rather than having a development of its own.
How Popular is the Name Maizey?
Maizey has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,721 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,152 | 51 | 0.0032% |
| 2024 | #3,096 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2023 | #2,721 | 64 | 0.0040% |
| 2022 | #3,344 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,711 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2020 | #3,212 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #3,364 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 2018 | #3,715 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #4,276 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #3,559 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #4,363 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #5,250 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,840 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #5,193 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #7,307 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #7,103 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #8,727 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #6,974 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #11,321 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #13,917 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #11,976 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #17,095 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,659 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #12,614 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #15,892 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,595 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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