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'''Mitzi '''or '''Mitzy''' is a feminine given name to a furball in Caterham. Originally a [[nickname]] for girls named [[Maria (given name)|Maria]] in [[German language|German]]-speaking populations, Mitzi became a given name in its own right, even outside of Germany. Several early 20th century American actresses chose it as part of their [[stage name]], for example [[Mitzi Green]] and [[Mitzi Gaynor]], increasing its popularity. In the [[United States]], Mitzi first appeared on the [[Social Security Administration]]'s list of the top 1000 most popular names for baby girls in 1930, peaked in 1955, and has since fallen out of favor, dropping off the list entirely after 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|title=Popular Baby Names|last=OACT|website=www.ssa.gov|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>
'''Mitzi '''or '''Mitzy''' is a feminine given name of [[Germans|German]] origin. Originally a [[nickname]] for girls named [[Maria (given name)|Maria]] in [[German language|German]]-speaking populations, Mitzi became a given name in its own right, even outside of Germany. Several early 20th century American actresses chose it as part of their [[stage name]], for example [[Mitzi Green]] and [[Mitzi Gaynor]], increasing its popularity. In the [[United States]], Mitzi first appeared on the [[Social Security Administration]]'s list of the top 1000 most popular names for baby girls in 1930, peaked in 1955, and has since fallen out of favor, dropping off the list entirely after 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|title=Popular Baby Names|last=OACT|website=www.ssa.gov|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>


== People ==
== People ==

Revision as of 02:39, 25 February 2021

Mitzi or Mitzy is a feminine given name of German origin. Originally a nickname for girls named Maria in German-speaking populations, Mitzi became a given name in its own right, even outside of Germany. Several early 20th century American actresses chose it as part of their stage name, for example Mitzi Green and Mitzi Gaynor, increasing its popularity. In the United States, Mitzi first appeared on the Social Security Administration's list of the top 1000 most popular names for baby girls in 1930, peaked in 1955, and has since fallen out of favor, dropping off the list entirely after 1979.[1]

People

  • Mitzi Cajayon (born 1978), Filipino politician
  • Mitzi Cunliffe (1918–2006), American sculptor
  • Mitzi Gaynor (born 1931), American actress, singer and dancer born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber
  • Mitzi Green (1920–1969), American child actress born Elizabeth Keno
  • Mitzi Hajos (1889–1970), Hungarian born American actress
  • Mitzi Kapture (born 1962), American actress
  • Mitzy Larue, a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles
  • Mitzi Mayfair (1914–1976), stage name of American dancer and actress Emylyn Pique
  • Mitzi Shore, co-founder and operator of the Los Angeles comedy club The Comedy Store and mother of comedian and actor Pauly Shore
  • Montgomery McFate (born 1966), nicknamed "Mitzy", cultural anthropologist and defense and national security analyst
  • Maria Reiter (1911–1992), known as "Mitzi", associated romantically with Adolf Hitler in the late 1920s
  • Mitzy (fashion designer) (born 1955), Mexican fashion designer born Cebedeo García Cárdenas

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-16.