Given name
Maysa
“one who is graceful”
Maysa is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is graceful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is graceful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maysa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 959
- 0 boys · 959 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,517 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,517 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2011. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,070 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.
Maysa’s family of names
Maysa has a related form in Maise. Maysa has a related form in Maysah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Maysa
- Maysa MatarazzoBrazilian recording artist and actress (1936–1977)
- Maysa JbarahJordanian footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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