Daisy

Where Daisy comes from

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
— Wiktionary's entry for Daisy
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #48 among girls — 564 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #48
    648 babies named Daisy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1992
    Daisy Ridley born
    English actress
  4. 1998
    Daisy Edgar-Jones born
    British actress
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #75 after sinking to #628 in 1972.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Daisy Ridley · English actress, born 1992
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones · British actress, born 1998
  • Daisy Shah · Indian film actress, born 1984
  • Daisy Marie · American pornographic actress, model & feature dancer, born 1984
  • Daisy Fuentes · Cuban-American actress, comedian, model, television host, and former weather presenter, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.