Meaning and background
The story behind Maisy
Maisy is an edited British English variant of Maisie, itself a Scottish diminutive of Mairead in the Margaret family. It sounds the same as the better-known spelling: “MAY-zee”. The shorter final y makes it visually simple on a tag, especially for anyone who prefers brief names. While people sometimes quote “pearl”, that belongs to Margaret’s remote Greek derivation, not a separate English word meaning of Maisy.
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About Maisy
Recorded as a dog’s name
Maisy appears in 32 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
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.
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