Jump to content

Maisie (given name)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 212.238.182.54 (talk) at 06:34, 22 December 2020 (Add Maisie Adam). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Maisie, also spelled 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:

Fictional characters

  • Maisie Dobbs, protagonist in a series of detective novels by Jacqueline Winspear
  • Maisy Gibbons from Desperate Housewives
  • Maisie Farange, the protagonist in the Henry James novel What Maisie Knew (1897)
  • Maisie Lockwood, a supporting character in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and its sequel Jurassic World: Dominion
  • Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten in the Scottish children's books by Aileen Paterson and (as Maisie Mac) in the animated broadcast Meeow!
  • Maisie Ravier (Mary Anastasia O'Connor), played by actress Ann Sothern in ten films and a radio show
  • the title character of Maisie Raine, a 1998-1999 British television drama series
  • Maisie Wylde, in the soap opera Emmerdale
  • Maisy Mouse, the titular character of the children's book series by Lucy Cousins and its animated adaptation.
  • 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 (1891)
  • Maisie, protagonist in the Rosa Mulholland novel Our Sister Maisie (1907)

See also