MEANING & HISTORY
What does Maggie mean?
Maggie is a familiar form of Margaret. The longer name ultimately uses Greek pearl vocabulary, independently documented in the medieval name dictionary.
Maggie preserves that family relationship rather than deriving a new meaning from the English ending -ie. The dictionary also includes a political nickname sense referring to Margaret Thatcher; that historical use is not the origin of all people named Maggie. Maggie and Meg are related short forms with different spellings, and either can function as a complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.; Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.
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People with the name Maggie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Maggie Calloway
Filipino film actress (1910-2000)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Maggie Wilson
Filipino actress (born 1989)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Maggie Calloway, Maggie Wilson
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Maggie in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Maggie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Margie♀Familiar form of Margaret; pearl
- Angie♂♀Familiar form of Angela and other Ang-names
- Augie♂Diminutive of August
- Marie♀French form of Mary, from Miriam
- Marnie·Possibly a familiar form of Marina or Marian
- Reggie♂Diminutive of Reginald
- Vangie♀Familiar shortening of Evangeline
- Edgie♂Familiar Edgar; wealth and spear roots
What rhymes with Maggie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Maggie further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1625970 — Maggie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Maggie Calloway (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1625970 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Maggie Wilson (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1625970 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Maggie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — maggie (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Diminutive of Margaret.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Margaret (opens in a new tab)
Greek pearl root.