How to say it
DAI · sy
/ˈdeɪ.zi/
Feminine
Daisy
Day's eye
What it means
Old English dægesēage ('day's eye'), from the flower's habit of opening its petals at dawn and closing them at dusk. The classic late-Victorian flower name.
Daisy comes from the Old English dægesēage, 'day's eye,' for the way the flower opens at sunrise and closes at sunset. As a given name it surged in the late 19th century alongside other flower-and-bird names (Violet, Rose, Lily). F. Scott Fitzgerald gave it weight with Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925), a character who has been read as both shallow and tragic in equal measure for a century. Daisy is sometimes a given name in its own right and sometimes a nickname for Margaret (via the French marguerite, the daisy flower). It's been in the US top 200 since 2014.
Popularity over time
peaked at #48 in 1880, currently #75 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Pop culture
Daisy Buchanan (Gatsby) and Daisy Duke (Dukes of Hazzard) cover most of the cultural surface in different directions; the Star Wars Daisy Ridley adds a more recent anchor.
- Nickname
Sometimes a given name, sometimes a short for Margaret (the French marguerite, the daisy flower).
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Daisy Buchanan Heroine of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, 1925
- Daisy Ridley British actress, Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
- Daisy Fuentes Cuban-American television host and model
Spelling variants
- Daisey
- Marguerite
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