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Maisie (female)

Diminutive(s):Masery (F)
Pet Name for:Margaret (F) Marjory (F) Mary (F)
Derivative(s):Maidie (F)
Derivative of:Mairead (F)
Can be spelt:Maizie (F) Mazy (F) Mysie (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Personal communication [IP]
Notes:

English, usually a pet name but occasionally used as a given name

Whyte suggests Maisie is usually the pet form of Marjory or Mary. However ONC suggests it is derived from Mairead, the Gaelic form of Margaret.

A correspondent [IP] has found a case in Scotland of Margaret changing in census records over time to Mazy, probably a local re-spelling of Maisie.

A number of Irish records have the spelling "Maizie".