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Girl · American English
Dixie
Say it: DIK-see
Meaning
From Dixie, a nickname for the American South; the origin of that nickname is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in the US from the late 19th century, mostly in the South.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 44,450 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1938, about 1 in 898 girls
- 227 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Dixie Carter, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.