Daisy

See also: daisy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪzi/
• Rhymes: -eɪzi

Etymology 1

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".

Proper noun

Daisy

1. A female given name from English.
   • 1867, Alice Cary, The Bishop's Son, G. W. Carleton&Co, published 1867, page 31:

     Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance.

   • 1892, Harry Dacre (lyrics and music), “Daisy Bell”:

     Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!

   • 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, Modern Library, published 1957, page 45:

     She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - -

   • 1976, R. K. Narayan, The Painter of Signs, Penguin Classics, published 1982, →ISBN, page 115:

     "Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is..."
     "Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?"

2. A common name for a cow.
   • 1875, E. L. Sturtevant, J. N. Sturtevant, The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, A. Williams and company, page 160:

     The heifer Daisy died in September 1811.

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黛西 (Dàixī)

• Dutch: Margriet (nl), Madelief (nl)
• Japanese: デイジー (ja) (Deijī)
• Korean: 데이지 (ko) (Deiji)
• Russian: Де́йзи f (Dɛ́jzi)
• Spanish: Margarita (es) f

Etymology 2

Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.

Noun

Daisy (plural Daisies)

1. A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.

Etymology 3

Three possible origins:

• Americanized form of a French habitational surname, from either of two places called Aisy.
• Variant of the Irish surname Dacey.
• From the flower name, probably used as a nickname.

Proper noun

Daisy (plural Daisys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Daisy is the 36379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Daisy is most common among White (71.54%) and Black/African American (14.31%) individuals.

See also

• Appendix:Names for animals

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Daisy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Daisy, from daisy.

Proper noun

Daisy

1. a female given name from English

Navajo

Etymology

From adeezhí (“younger sister”).

Proper noun

Daisy

1. a surname

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Daisy, from daisy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeisi/ [ˈd̪ei̯.si]
• Rhymes: -eisi
• Syllabification: Dai‧sy

Proper noun

Daisy f

1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Daisy, from daisy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdejsi/ [ˈd̪eɪ̯.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejsi
• Syllabification: Dai‧sy

Proper noun

Daisy (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. a female given name from English