Maisie (given name)

Maisie, also spelt Maisy or other minor variations, is a feminine given name. It is the pet form of the Scottish Gaelic name Mairead or the Irish name Mairéad, which are the equivalent of the English name Margaret. The -ie is a diminutive suffix used in Scottish as well as Northern England English.
Margaret is derived via French and Latin from meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Indo-Iranian languages.

People

Maisie, in the British comic strip The Perishers
Maisie, the character loved by the protagonist in Rudyard Kipling's first novel, The Light That Failed
Maisie, protagonist in the Rosa Mulholland novel Our Sister Maisie
Maisie Dobbs, protagonist in an ongoing series of detective novels by Jacqueline Winspear, from 2003
Maisie Farange, the protagonist in the Henry James novel What Maisie Knew
*Maisie, the same character in the 2012 film of the novel, played by Onata Aprile
Maisie Lockwood, a supporting character in the Jurassic Park film franchise
Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten in the 1980s Scottish children's books by Aileen Paterson
*Maisie Mac, the same character in the 2000-2003 British animated TV series Meeow!
Maisie Raine, the title character of the eponymous 1998-1999 British TV drama series
Maisie Ravier, character played by Ann Sothern in ten films and a radio show and by Janis Paige in a 1960 telemovie
Maisie Wylde, in the British TV soap opera ''Emmerdale''

Maisy Gibbons from Desperate Housewives
Maisy Mouse, the titular character of the children's book series by Lucy Cousins and its animated adaptation
Maizy Russell, a character in the 1989 film ''Uncle Buck''