Meaning & Origin
The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
Dixie is a girl's and boy's baby name of French origin, from the Louisiana French dix meaning 'ten,' found on ten-dollar banknotes issued by a New Orleans bank before the Civil War. The term came to describe the American South, and as a given name it evokes the Southern United States with warmth and charm.
Dixie has an irrepressible country-girl energy — it's the name of the best friend in a classic Southern novel, the girl who makes sweet tea and tells it like it is. Country music has kept Dixie alive and kicking, from the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks) to countless others. Warm, sunny, and completely unpretentious.