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What does Daisy mean?
Daisy 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced DAY-zee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Daisy is "day's eye". A flower name. Often used as a nickname for Margaret, where in France, the flower is called a "marguerite". Literary: Henry James named the typical American girl in Europe as Daisy Miller in his story. The variant Deyse is common in Brazil. Actress Daisy Fuentes.
STARTS WITH Da-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, flower
Variations
VARIANTS Daisee, Daisey, Daisi, Daisie, Dasie, Daizy, Daysi, Deyse, Deysi
SEE ALSO Rosa
RELATED FORMS VIA MARGARET Maggy, Maiga, Maisie▲, Maisy, Margy
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Dasy, ..
(male) Daity, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Daisy Hayley (D.H.), ..
How popular is Daisy?
Daisy is a very prominent first name for women (#295 out of 4276, Top 7%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#34114 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Daisy reached its highest rank of #60 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #169 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Daisey, Daisie, Maisie (#498 VIA LATEST LIST), Maisy (#1342), Margaret (#127), Margy and Rosa (#641) are the prominent varying forms of Daisy (#169) ranked in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Maiga, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Daisy was more pronounced among parents during 1880-1889 (USAGE OF 2.6%) and has become significantly less since (USAGE 0.3%, DOWN 88%), with forms such as Daisy becoming less stylish. Maisie is the most fashionable name for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Daisy▼ is alike in pronunciation to Dacee, Dacey, Dacie, Dacy, Daicee, Daicy, Dassah, Dasya, Dessa, Diza, Dosya and Dusa. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cassy, Casy, Dabny (see Dabney), Daffy, Dagny, Dai, Daija▼, Dail, Daile, Daina, Daira, Dalise, Daly, Danay, Daney, Danfy, Danise, Danny, Dany, Darby▼, Darcy, Darsey, Darsi, Davy, Day, Drisy, Hatsy, Kassy, Kasy, Kaysy, Krisy, Pansy▼, Patsy▼ and Tansy. These names tend to be less commonly used than Daisy.
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