Missy
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Melissa
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɪsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Missy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 51K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 61K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 416 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈42,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Missy, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Missy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Missy | 10 |
| US United States | 6,541 | 1 in 51K | 6.5K | Missy | 416 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Missy | 47 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 1 | Missy | 90 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 3 | Missy | 111 |
| SG Singapore | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Missy | 24 |
| HU Hungary | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Missy | 6 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Missy | 49 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Missy Hyattb. 1963USAmerican professional wrestling valet
- Missy Goldb. 1970USactress and psychologist
- Missy Schwen-Ryanb. 1972USAmerican rower
- Missy Peregrymb. 1982CACanadian actress
- Missy Monroeb. 1984USAmerican pornographic actress & director
- Missy Martinezb. 1986USAmerican pornographic actress
- Missy Stoneb. 1987USAmerican pornographic actress
- Missy Franklinb. 1995USAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
- Missy Bo Kearnsb. 2001GBEnglish footballer
- Missy Galoreactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6.5K | #3,261 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 303 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 287 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1969 | 271 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 268 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 239 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 227 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1964 | 223 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1965 | 220 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 216 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 215 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 191 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Missy mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given name Melissa. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Missy?
- In the etymology graph, Melisa, Mel and Malinda are forms of the same name in other languages; Melinda, Melina and Melantha are recorded short or pet forms; it is recorded as a short form of Melissa.
- How do you pronounce Missy?
- A machine transcription gives /mɪsi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Missy a male or female name?
- Missy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Missy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 42 thousand people named Missy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled missy.
- How common is the name Missy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,541 people named Missy in 2020, about 1 in 51 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Missy?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/missyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Missy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.