Massiel
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Massiel by the numbers
Massiel was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Massiel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Massiel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maisiepearl; a form of Margaret966 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marielof the sea; a form of Mary or Muriel124 in the US (2017)
- Maysiepearl; a form of Maisie20 in the US (2017)
- Magdielgod is my treasure or god's tower15 in the US (2017)
- Masieform of Maisie; a pearl; beloved13 in the US (2017)
- Maesiepearl; a form of Maisie10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Massiel
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