Maisie (given name)
Maisie (rarely: Maisy) is a feminine given name, long used in Scotland (since at least the 16th century) as a diminutive of Margaret. Notable people with the name include:
- Maisie Shiell (1916–2008), Canadian anti-nuclear activist
- Maisie Smith (born 2001), English child actress
- Maisie Ward (1889–1975), British writer, publisher and speaker
- Maisie Williams (born 1997), British actress
Fictional characters:
- Maisie, a kindhearted showgirl in ten films and a radio show
- Maisie, in the British comic strip The Perishers
- the title character of Maisie Raine, a 1998-1999 British television drama series
- Maisie Wylde, in the soap opera Emmerdale
- Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten in the Scottish children's books by Aileen Paterson and (as Maisie Mac) in the animated broadcast Meeow!
- Maisy Mouse, fictional mouse in a picture book series and a Nickelodeon animated series
- Mayzie, a character in Dr. Seuss children's books.
See also
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