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Daisy
DaisySay it DAY-zee
- Meaning
- The daisy flower; literally 'day's eye' Bosworth-Toller, entry 7331
- Say it
- DAY-zee
- Other spellings
- Daisey, Daisie
Daisy
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Daisy meaning
Daisy is an international girl's name of Old English origin.
The daisy flower; literally 'day's eye'
Daisy is the name of the flower, and the flower's name is a little picture. It comes from Old English dæges ēage, "day's eye", which Bosworth-Toller's dictionary records as the name of the common daisy. Etymonline explains that the flower was so called because it opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk. As a girl's name Daisy is said to have begun as a nickname for Margaret, because the French form Marguerite is also a name of the daisy. A well-known literary bearer is Daisy Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Source: Bosworth-Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry 7331 · entry dæges eáge · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Bosworth-Toller, dæges eáge · Online Etymology Dictionary, daisy · Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), Daisy
Famous namesakes
- Daisy Buchanan, character in The Great Gatsby
Popularity abroad
- #75 United States, girls 2025 (up 1 from 76 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #18 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Daisy · Daisey · Daisie