Posy

English

"a bunch of flowers"

Posy Origin and Meaning

The name Posy is a girl's name of English origin meaning "a bunch of flowers".

A sweet, nostalgic nosegay kind of name, Posy has been long fashionable in England, a country of gardeners, but this pretty bouquet-of-flowers name is still rarely heard in the US, though it could be seen as a more unusual possible alternative to Rosy or Josie.

Posy is a little sister name in the Hunger Games series. Before that, Posy Fossil was a character in Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes. Posy is by far the least popular version of the name, with Posie first, Posey second, and Posy used for only ten baby girls in the US last year.

Posy (or Posey or Posie) could also work as a nickname for a range of other names, from Penelope to Sophia--it started as a pet form of Josephine. Other P-beginning flower names you may want to consider along with Posey: Poppy, Petal, Primrose.

Posy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1160 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Posy

• 1160 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Posy

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• Holiday
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• Posie
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Famous People Named Posy

• Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds English cartoonist and writer
• Posy Miller English actress

The name Posy in Pop Culture

• Posy Fossil character in "Ballet Shoes" by Noel Streatfeild
• Posy Hawthorne character in "The Hunger Games"
• Posy Bates character in a series of books by Helen Cresswell
• Posy character in the movie "About Time"