Maize

From the English word for the type of Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahis, mahisi, from Proto-Arawak marikɨ. Cognate with Arawak marisi, Wayuu maiki.

As a feminine name, it may be based of MAISIE (see also MAZE).