Given name & surname
Mitzi
Mitzi is used as a given name and a surname. Mitzi is connected with Mary.
Original GermanMaria
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Mitzi is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mitzi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,200
- 0 boys · 13,200 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 469 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,349 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,349 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 469 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,127 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.
Mitzi’s family of names
Mitzi is an affectionate form of Mary. Mitzi has a related form in Mitzie. Mitzi is a form of Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mariafull form · German
- Mizzivariant · German
- Maryfull form
- Mitzyvariant · English
- Hansipet form
- Mitzievariant
- Mitsyvariant · English
- Mitzzilikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mitzi
- Mitzi GreenAmerican child actress (1920–1969)
- Mitzi KaptureAmerican actressborn 1962
- Mitzi Jonelle TanFilipino environmental activistborn 1997
- Mitzi MartinAmerican actress and modelborn 1967
- Mitzi HoagAmerican TV and film actress (1932–2019)
- Mitzi ShoreAmerican comedy club owner1930–2018
- Mitzi McCallAmerican comedian and actress (1930–2024)
- Mitzi KremerAmerican swimmer, Olympic bronze medalistborn 1968
- Mitzi MayfairAmerican dancer and stage and film actress (1914-1976)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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