Misty

Where Misty comes from

From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.
— Wiktionary's entry for Misty
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Misty through the years
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #3,139 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Misty May-Treanor born
    American beach volleyball player
  3. 1977
    Peak, #40
    6,315 babies named Misty, the most in any year.
  4. 1982
    Misty Copeland born
    American ballet dancer
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #98.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
Namesakes
  • Misty May-Treanor · American beach volleyball player, born 1977
  • Misty Copeland · American ballet dancer, born 1982
  • Misty Stone · American pornographic actress, born 1986
  • Misty Upham · American actress, 1982–2014
  • Misty Hyman · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.