Given name
Maggy
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Maggy 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
Maggy 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
Where it comes from
Maggy is a diminutive of Margaret. Margaret comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In English usage, Maggy is a diminutive of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maggy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 518
- 0 boys · 518 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,277 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,277 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 51.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,052 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.
Maggy’s family of names
In English usage, Maggy is a diminutive of Margaret. In English usage, Maggy has a related form in Maggie. Maggy has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Maggy
- Maggy de CosterFrench journalist and poetborn 1962
- Maggy Breittmayerviolonist (1888-1961)
- Maggy NagelLuxembourgish politicianborn 1957
- Maggy RouffFrench fashion designer (1896-1971)
- Maggy WautersBelgian athleteborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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