Daisy: meaning and UK use

What does Daisy mean?

The flower word comes from Old English elements for day and eye. This is the flower's word history, not a prediction of a child's character.

Language or name family covered

English flower name

Meaning or derivation

The daisy flower

Our browsing group

girl; vintage, nature

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Daisy

Pronunciation and related forms

DAY-zee (English)

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How popular is Daisy?

In 2025, 1,454 baby girls in England and Wales were registered as Daisy, making it the 18th most popular girls’ name. That is the same position as in 2024. It has held a similar position for a decade (20th in 2015). Its best year in the ONS series was 2021, at 15th. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (girls)

18th

2025 registrations

1,454

Best rank in this series

15th (2021)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Daisy: rank and number of baby girls by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	18	1,454
2024	18	1,548
2023	17	1,585
2022	21	1,563
2021	15	1,873
2020	24	1,571
2019	31	1,543
2018	28	1,769
2017	18	2,040
2016	22	2,020
2015	20	2,113
2014	24	1,957
2013	23	2,168
2012	22	2,209
2011	20	2,458
2010	15	2,797
2009	18	2,449
2008	25	2,134
2007	25	1,988
2006	26	1,990
2005	28	1,879
2004	32	1,638
2003	31	1,553
2002	40	1,160
2001	47	1,064
2000	49	1,013
1999	68	796
1998	65	839
1997	68	857
1996	71	828

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 girls series is 50,856. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Selected hyphenated registrations starting with Daisy in 2025: Daisy-Mae: 54 (girls); Daisy-May: 24 (girls). This selection includes up to four matching forms with at least ten registrations, not every compound name.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Daisy

These suggestions share a browsing group and one or more of our style tags or source-context labels. They are taste comparisons, not etymological relatives or a popularity ranking.

• Hazelvintage, nature · The hazel tree or hazel colour
• Irisvintage, nature · Rainbow
• Ivyvintage, nature · The ivy plant
• Lilynature · The lily flower
• Poppynature · The poppy flower
• Rosievintage, nature · A short form of Rose

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Registering or changing the name

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