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 [ 2 syll. dai-sy, da-isy ] The girl name Daisy is pronounced DEYZiy KEY. Daisy's origin is Old English and Old Greek, and its use, English and German. Old English and Old Greek origin: From daisy ; daeg meaning 'day' ; eage meaning 'eye'. The first name is derived from the flower name, which is itself from the Old English 'daegeseage' meaning 'day's eye' due to the flower's trait in unfolding its petals at daybreak and closing them again in the evening. As 'marguerite' is the French name for the daisy, the first name was in early times used as a pet form of Margaret. The given name was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th century during an interest in plant and flower names. It has been made known by Harry Dacre's hit song Daisy Bell (1892), the titular heroine of Henry James' novel Daisy Miller (1879), and the fictional Daisy Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925). Daisy has 13 variant forms. Variant forms of the name include Daisee, Daisi, Daisia, Daisie, Dasey, Dasi (also used in Hebrew), Dasie, Dasy, Daysee, Daysi, Daysie, and Daysy. The variant spelling Daisey is another English form. Daisy is a variant form of the English Margaret. Daisy is popular as a baby name for girls. In 1900, 0.293% of baby girls were given the name Daisy. Its ranking then was #81. The baby name has since experienced a substantial decline in frequency, and is of only occasional use in recent years. In 2008, it ranked at #161 with a usage of 0.100%, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all girl names in its group. Daisy was more frequently used than the next ranked name, the English Margaret, by 13% in 2008. The name Daisy has predominantly been a girl name, although it has also been given to boys in the past century. Daisy as a girl name outnumbered its use as boy name by 52 times in 1903. Baby names that sound like Daisy include the English Daisie, the English Daysee, the English Dacee, the English Dacey, the English Daci, the English Dacie, the English Dacy, the English and Polish Daga, the Estonian Daggi, the English and Estonian Dagi, the English Daisee, the English Daisey, the English Daisi, the Czech Dasa, the English Dasey, the Russian Dasha, the English and Hebrew Dasi, the English Dasie, the English Dasy, and the English Daycee. Details of famous persons named Daisy: KEY: Pronunciation for Daisy: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
