Maggee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maggee

What is the meaning of the name Maggee ?

The baby name Maggee is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAG-ee (IPA: /ˈmæɡi/).

Maggee is English in Origin.

Maggee is a modern respelling of Maggie (pronounced MAG-ee), the English diminutive of Margaret. Margaret comes from Greek Margarites “pearl,” by way of Latin Margarita and Old French Marguerite into Middle English. Though Maggee can echo the Irish surname Magee/McGee (from Mac Aodha, “son of Aodh, fire”), as a given name it keeps Margaret’s meaning, “pearl.”

Maggie flourished in the 18th–19th centuries in Britain and North America, used both as a pet form and as an independent name; its vintage flavor has revived in recent decades. Maggee remains rare and contemporary, appearing sporadically since the late 20th century. Variants include Maggie, Maggi, Maggy, and Magie; related forms Margaret, Marguerite, Margarita, Margherita, and Mairead/Maighréad; cognate nicknames Meg, Maisie, Greta, Rita, and Mags.