Pixie is a girl's name of English origin meaning “small fairy.” In 2024 it was given to 7 girls in the United States.
Pixie at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“small fairy”
About the name Pixie
Pixie belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “small fairy” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Pixie first appears in Social Security records in 1946. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1723 in 1955, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 611 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.