Daisy
See also: daisy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Daisy
- 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?"
- 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 edit
female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
Noun edit
Daisy (plural Daisies)
- A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
Etymology 3 edit
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 edit
Daisy (plural Daisys)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Daisy is the 36379th 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 edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Daisy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Daisy, from daisy.
Proper noun edit
Daisy
- a female given name from English
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Etymology edit
From adeezhí (“younger sister”).
Proper noun edit
Daisy
- a surname
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Daisy, from daisy.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Daisy f
- a female given name from English
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Daisy, from daisy.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdejsi/, [ˈdɛɪ̯.sɪ]
- Rhymes: -ejsi
- Syllabification: Dai‧sy
Proper noun edit
Daisy (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- a female given name from English.