Meaning and background
The story behind Maisie
Maisie began as a Scottish diminutive of Mairead, which is related to Margaret. It has a familiar British feel and is normally pronounced “MAY-zee”, making it easy to recognise on a walk. Its longer historical line ultimately reaches the Greek word for pearl, though that is inherited through Margaret, not a separate Scottish noun “Maisie”. The cultural familiarity does not justify a claim that dogs called Maisie have a particular temperament.
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About Maisie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Maisie appears in 77 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/meɪzi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/meɪzi/ · primary stress on syllable 1M EY1 Z IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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