Kissie
Meaning of Kissie
The feminine given name Kissie constitutes an English-language diminutive formation in which the verb root “kiss,” etymologically traced to Old English cīsan, is affixed with the diminutive suffix -ie to produce an appellative that inherently conveys an affectionate overtone within the Anglo-American onomastic tradition. Its bisyllabic phonological profile, with primary stress on the initial syllable and phonetic rendering /ˈkɪsi/, aligns with patterns of sibilant-terminated hypocorisms that achieved intermittent use in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. According to Social Security Administration data, Kissie first entered the top-one-thousand register in 1977 (34 occurrences; rank 744), oscillated through 17 to 19 annual occurrences in 1978–79 (ranks 745 and 777), declined to 16 registrations in 1980 (rank 771) and further receded to just 7 instances by 1981 and 1983 (ranks 776 and 769), a trajectory indicative of its narrowly circumscribed adoption. Although its overall statistical prevalence remains minimal, the name’s lexical transparency and morphological simplicity render it a technically precise choice for parents seeking a distinctive, semantically explicit designation with minimal analogue among contemporaneous naming options.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as KIHS-ee (/ˈkɪsi/)
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