Given name & surname
Maisa
“an adorned beauty”
Maisa is a variant of Maise. One interpretation is “an adorned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maisa is a variant of Maise. One interpretation is “an adorned beauty.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Maisa is a diminutive of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 263
- 0 boys · 263 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,018 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +65%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,018 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 593 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.
Maisa’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Maisa is a diminutive of Maria. Maisa has a related form in Maise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maisa
- Maisa Abd ElhadiArab-Israeli actress of Palestinian descentborn 1985
- Maisa SilvaBrazilian actress and TV hostessborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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