Daisy

Popularity

The name came into popular use in the late Victorian era along with other flower names. Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran wrote in their 2007 book Baby Name Bible that Daisy has a "fresh, wholesome, and energetic" image. The name has been used for literary characters such as Daisy Miller, the title character of the novella by Henry James. In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, a character named Margaret is "Meg" to her family, but "Daisy" to her wealthy would-be-friends. In television, Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard wears very short, form-fitting, denim cut-off jeans shorts, now often called Daisy Dukes after this character.

The name was in steady use for American girls throughout the 20th century and was ranked among the top 200 names for girls between 1900 and 1940. It declined in popularity between 1960 and 1980, but has been climbing in popularity since the 1980s and has again ranked among the top 200 names for American girls since 1990. It was the 294th most common name for all females during the 1990 United States census. Daisy has ranked among the top 100 names for girls in the United Kingdom since 1996 and in the past decade in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

People

Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873–1943), socialite

Daisy Agnes McGlashan, Scottish writer and illustrator

Daisy Aitkens (born 1986), English actress, writer, and director

Daisy Al-Amir (1935–2018), Iraqi writer, poet, and novelist

Daisy Alik-Momotaro, Marshallese politician

Daisy Andrews (c. 1934 or 1935–2015), Australian painter

Daisy Ascher (1944–2003), Mexican photographer

Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), English writer

Daisy Avellana (1917–2013), Filipino stage actress and theater director

Daisy Ba-ad, Filipino playwright, director, composer, motivational speaker, and life coach

Daisy Bacon (1898–1986), American pulp fiction magazine editor and writer

Daisy Baez (born 1959), American Democratic politician

Daisy Bateman (born 2000), Australian rules footballer

Daisy Bates (disambiguation), multiple people

Daisy Beaumont (born 1974), English actress

Daisy Belmore (1874–1954), British actress and singer

Daisy Berbeco, American politician

Animals

Daisy (1993–2006), a dog belonging to Rudolph Moshammer

Daisy (dog actor) (1937–1960), who appeared in 50 Hollywood films

Daisy (Meerkat Manor), a meerkat in the series Meerkat Manor

Daisy, an orangutan in the series Orangutan Island

Fictional characters

Daisy Adair, a character in Dead Like Me

Daisy Bell, an 1892 song involving a bicycle built for two

Daisy Buchanan, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novella The Great Gatsby

Daisy Carter, from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless

Daisy the Diesel Rail-Car, diesel railcar, painted green with yellow lining from the Rev. W. Awdry's The Railway Series

Daisy Duck, a Walt Disney cartoon and comic book character, first appearing in 1940

Daisy Duke, from The Dukes of Hazzard

Daisy Fitzroy, leader of the Vox Populi in BioShock Infinite

Daisy Johnson, a Marvel Comics superheroine

Daisy Mason, a kitchen maid in the TV series Downton Abbey

Daisy Midgeley, a character from Coronation Street

Daisy Steiner, a character in Spaced

Daisy, from the British comedy television series Keeping Up Appearances, portrayed by actress Judy Cornwell

Daisy , a railway engine in the television series Thomas the Tank Engine

Princess Daisy, a character in the Super Mario series

Daisy, a character from Toy Story 3