Given name & surname
Maggi
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Maggi is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maggi is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Maggi is a diminutive of Magnús.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maggi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 781
- 0 boys · 781 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 31 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 984 as a first name in 2020; 1,389 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maggi’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Maggi is a diminutive of Magnús. Maggi has a related form in Margaret.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Maggi
- Maggi HamblingBritish artist (born 1945)
- Maggi Lidchi-GrassiFrench writerborn 1930
- Maggi KvestadNorwegian speed skater (1921-2004)
- Maggi PayneAmerican composer and musicianborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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