Girl · English
Daisy
Say it: DAY-zee
Meaning
The flower, from Old English dæges eage 'day's eye'; also used as a pet form of Margaret.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the late 19th century both on its own and as a nickname for Margaret.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 146,124 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 170 girls
- 1,877 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Marguerite |
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Famous bearers
- Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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