Given name
Pixie
“a playful sprite; a fairy or elfin creature”
Pixie is used as a given name. One Celtic interpretation is “a playful sprite; a fairy or elfin creature.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “a playful sprite; a fairy or elfin creature.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pixie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 617
- 0 boys · 617 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,510 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,510 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1955. 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.
Pixie’s family of names
Pixie has a related form in Pixea. Pixie has a related form in Pixee. Pixie has a related form in Pixey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pixie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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