Dixie \dix-xie\ as a girl's name is pronounced DIK-see. It is of French and English origin, and the meaning of Dixie is "tenth". The name refers to a region of the US known as the Old South. It may derive from one of the surveyors of the Mason-Dixon line, or from the "ten" (in Cajun French "dix") dollar note circulated from Louisiana, which made the South the "land of dixies". Actress Dixie Carter.
Dixie has 2 variant forms: Dix and Dixee.
For more information, see also the related name Benedicta.