Daisy

Diminutive of Margaret or flower name, English
"day's eye"

Daisy Origin and Meaning

The name Daisy is a girl's name of English origin meaning "day's eye".

Daisy, fresh, wholesome, and energetic, is one of the flower names that burst back into bloom after a century's hibernation. Originally a nickname for Margaret (the French Marguerite is the word for the flower), Daisy comes from the phrase "day's eye," because it opens its petals at daybreak.

Daisy has a colorful literary and pop culture history – as the innocent Daisy Miller in the Henry James novella, as Daisy Buchanan, the hero's object of desire in The Great Gatsby, and as many movie and TV characters, including in L'il Abner and The Dukes of Hazzard, as the older Daisy in Driving Miss..., as well as Julia Roberts's character in her breakthrough movie, Mystic Pizza.

Meg Ryan has a daughter named Daisy True, chef Jamie Oliver has Daisy Boo, and Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom recently named their daughter Daisy Dove.

# 110 in the US

Daisy Rank in US Top 1000

# 84 on Nameberry

Daisy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Daisy Popularity

Famous People Named Daisy

  • Daisy Fuentes
    Cuban,American TV presenter and model
  • Daisy von Scherler Mayer
    American film and TV director
  • Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley
    English actress
  • Daisy Maria Martinez
    American celebrity chef
  • Daisy Lee Gatson Bates
    American civil rights leader
  • Daisy Rebecca Lowe
    English model, daughter of musicians Gavin Rossdale and Pearl Lowe
  • (Celia) Daisy Morna Haggard
    English actress
  • Daisy Eagan
    American actress
  • Daisy Shah
    Indian actress
  • Daisy
    nickname of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
  • Daisy Bertha Mary "Margaret" Scudamore
    English actress
  • Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low
    American founder of the Girl Scouts
  • Daisy Fellowes (borne Marguerite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksberg)
    French socialite and fashion icon
  • Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Greville
    Countess of Warwick, inspiration for the popular song "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)"
  • Mary Theresa Olivia "Daisy" Cornwallis
    West, Princess of Pless
  • Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman
    American suffragist & diplomat
  • Daisy Tahan
    American actress
  • Daisy Freya Tomlinson
    sister of singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction
  • Summer "Daisy" Song
    daughter of actress Mia Farrow
  • Daisy Campbell
    daughter of actors Ken Campbell and Prunella Gee
  • Daisy Lawless
    daughter of actress Lucy Lawless
  • Daisy Carmen Bevan
    English actress; daughter of actors Joely Richardson and Tim Bevan
  • Daisy Buzzini
    daughter of models Ashley Richardson and Brian Buzzini
  • Daisy Louise Carter
    daughter of actress Louise Germaine and Lea Carter
  • Daisy Ellen Tompkinson
    daughter of actor Stephen Tompkinson
  • Daisy Boo Pamela Oliver
    daughter of celebrity chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
  • Daisy True Ryan (adopted 2006)
    daughter of actress Meg Ryan
  • Daisy Rocket Pisapia (b. 2006)
    daughter of actress/TV personality Katie Cook and Marc Pisapia
  • Daisy Deutsch (b. 2007)
    daughter of TV personality Donny Deutsch
  • Daisy Delia O'Kane (b. 2009)
    daughter of singers Kate Rusby and Damien O'Kane
  • Daisy Cryer (adopted 2009)
    daughter of American actor Jon Cryer
  • Daisy Mae Huckett (b. 2009)
    daughter of actress Alison King and Adam Huckett
  • Daisy Jean (b. 2012)
    daughter of singer Juanita Stein of Howling Bells
  • Daisy Foreman (b. 2012)
    daughter of singer Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
  • Daisy Ivy Jetta (b. 2013)
    daughter of Australian rules footballer Lewis Jetta
  • Daisy Josephine Sudeikis (b. 2016)
    daughter of actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
  • Daisy Alice Winnie Burrows (b. 2017)
    daughter of actress Saffron Burrows
  • Lola Daisy May Leng Taylor
    daughter of musician Roger Taylor of Queen
  • Daisy Grace Gibbs (b. 2018)
    daughter of YouTube vlogger Ebony Day
  • Daisy Marie (b. 1984) American adult actress
    model, dancer
  • Daisy Dove Bloom (b. 2020)
    daughter of actor Orlando Bloom and singer Katy Perry
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones
    British actress

Daisy in Pop Culture

  • Daisy Buchanan
    character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
  • Daisy Renton
    alias of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls
  • Daisy Romero
    character in "Sims" series
  • "Daisy Miller
    " novel by Henry James and its main character
  • Daisy Domergue
    character in Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight"
  • Margaret "Daisy" Brooke
    character in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" novels, twin of her brother Demi
  • Daisy Darling
    character in film "What's Your Number?"
  • "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)
    " 1890s popular song
  • Princess Daisy
    a Super Mario Bros. Character
  • Daisy Duke
    character on TV's "Dukes of Hazzard"
  • Daisy Duck
    Disney character
  • Daisy Mason
    character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
  • Daisy Adair
    character on TV's "Dead Like Me"
  • Daisy
    character on TV's "Keeping Up Appearances"
  • Daisy Wick
    character on TV's "Bones"
  • Daisy
    princess in the Super Mario Bros. video game series
  • Daisy Fuller
    character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • Daisy
    character on TV's "New Girl"
  • Daisy
    character on animated series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
  • Daisy Eriksen
    Marshall and Lily's daughter on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
  • Margaret "Daisy" Daykin
    character in "The Five Find,Outers and Dog" series by Enid Blyton
  • Daisy Werthan
    character in movie "Driving Miss Daisy"
  • Daisy Johnson aka Agent Skye
    character in "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"
  • Daisy Johnson aka Quake
    character in Marvel comics
  • Daisy
    character from "Not Going Out"
  • Elizabeth "Daisy
    " main character in Meg Rosoff's "How I Live Now"
  • Daisy Calloway Meadows
    character in Krista and Becca Ritchie's Addicted Series
  • Daisy Wells
    main character in Wells and Wong Mysteries
  • Daisy Lipenowski
    character from TV's "Higher Ground"
  • Daisy
    character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" series
  • "Pushing Daisies
    " ABC dramedy, 2007,2009
  • Maggie "Daisy" Duval
    character in MTV's "Scream: The TV Series"
  • Daisy Deyes
    Alfie and Zoe's daughter in Sims
  • Daisy
    princess on the TV show "Best Friends Whenever"
  • Daisy
    cousin of Dora on "Dora the Explorer"
  • Alice "Daisy" Tonner
    character on "The Magnus Archives"
  • Margaret "Daisy" Jones
    Character in "Daisy Jones & The Six"