At a Glance
- Meaning
- A small, mischievous fairy or sprite
- Origin
- English (from the word 'pixie', deeper origin disputed)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- PIK-see
Pixie is an English (from the word 'pixie', deeper origin disputed) girl's name meaning “a small, mischievous fairy or sprite”. It appears in our list of 200+ Gorgeous Girl Names That End in Ie or Y (Totally Cute and Feminine).
Meaning & Origin of Pixie
Meaning: A small, mischievous fairy or sprite.
Origin: English (from the word 'pixie', deeper origin disputed).
A common claim: Said to come from an Old Norse or Celtic word for fairy Actually: There's no single attested Old Norse or Celtic word 'pixie' itself; the English dialect word's ultimate ancestry is genuinely debated, with Celtic and Scandinavian dialect terms only proposed as possible influences.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Pixie
PIK-seeIPA /ˈpɪk.si/
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