Given name
Lassie
“a young girl; one who is pure”
Lassie is used as a given name. One Scottish interpretation is “a young girl; one who is pure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a young girl; one who is pure.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lassie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 979
- 0 boys · 979 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lassie’s family of names
Lassie has a related form in Lass. Lassie has a related form in Lassea. Lassie has a related form in Lassee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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