as a First Name
Modern coinage from a pet form of the vocabulary word miss, applied to a young girl (compare Maidie). It is common as a pet name and form of address in the southern United States. The vocabulary word miss originated in Middle English as a short form of mistress.
| 1,478th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,931
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Missy per capita
- 1967
- marked the height of its popularity
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94%
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4%
13-29
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