Mayse as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mayse

What is the meaning of the name Mayse ?

The baby name Mayse is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAYZ,MAY-see.

Mayse is English, Scottish in Origin.

Mayse is a rare given name with several plausible roots. It can be a modern respelling of Maisie, the Scottish pet form of Margaret (Greek Margarites, “pearl”). It also aligns with the English surname Mayes/Mays, derived either from the month name May (ultimately from the Roman goddess Maia) or from the medieval given name May, a pet of Mary or Margaret. In some families Mayse reflects an Americanized German surname Meise (“titmouse”), while in Yiddish mayse means “story, tale,” giving the name a literary, folkloric nuance.

As a first name, Mayse appears sporadically in 19th–20th‑century U.S. records via the surname‑as‑given tradition, and today surfaces as an eye‑catching alternative to Maisie. Variant forms and related names include Maisie, Maizie, Maise, Mayes, Mays, Maysa, Mae, and May. Depending on lineage, meanings range from “pearl” to “of May” to “story.”