Details for the forename Maisie

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Maisie (female)


Diminutive(s):	Masery (F)
Pet Name for:	Margaret (F) Marjory (F) Mary (F)
Derivative(s):	Maidie (F)
Derivative of:	Mairead (F)
Can be spelt:	Maizie (F) Mazy (F) Mysie (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communication [IP]
Notes:	English, usually a pet name but occasionally used as a given name Whyte suggests Maisie is usually the pet form of Marjory or Mary. However ONC suggests it is derived from Mairead, the Gaelic form of Margaret. A correspondent [IP] has found a case in Scotland of Margaret changing in census records over time to Mazy, probably a local re-spelling of Maisie. A number of Irish records have the spelling "Maizie".