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Is Daisy a serious enough name?

36 replies

wildpoppy · 12/10/2012 15:47

I am worried it fails the PM or plumber name. But I like it.

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MoonHare · 12/10/2012 16:02

It's pretty but not a bit serious imo but a person is more than just their name and she might have enough gravitas in her own right for it not to hinder her.

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plutocrap · 12/10/2012 16:06

There's always Margaret or Marguerite, which are shortened to Daisy.

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manicinsomniac · 12/10/2012 16:42

well it's a top 20 name and it's been popular for a while so, by the time our children are adults, it will be a totally serious name.

It's not to my taste particularly but it's pretty enough and I definitely see it as a name in its own right.

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honoraglossop · 12/10/2012 16:48

I may out myself here but I know a Dr Daisy and she is very good.

( FYI if you are worried about seriousness of name you can search the GMC medical register online by "given name" to find how many doctors with that name are working in the uk)

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CharlieBoo · 12/10/2012 17:05

Of course it is!!! It's beautiful!!

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TenThousandGoodMornings · 12/10/2012 17:18

No imo, it's too cutesy for a grown woman.

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halloweeneyqueeney · 12/10/2012 17:22

Not serious enough for me.

My name didn't sound serious when combined with my maiden name (bit rhymey and silly) and its amazing the difference in the reception you get when you can make your name sound like you mean difference (like I can now with my married name). I know its surnames but the surnames made how my first name sound come across differently - one was a bit silly and current one can sound like a headmistress if you say it in the right tone Grin - v useful!

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YouMayLogOut · 12/10/2012 18:13

Yes, it's absolutely fine. Lovely name :)

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Teamthrills · 12/10/2012 19:57

Not really a serious name.

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GoldPlatedNineDoors · 12/10/2012 19:59

I thought it was a cutesy baby name til I watched Spaced.

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crazygracieuk · 12/10/2012 20:03

I think that flower based names are either cheerful and friendly or very serious.
I'd put names like Daisy and Rosie in the first category and names like Iris and Primrose in the second but I might be influenced by the people I know with these names so I could be talking bollocks.

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purplehouse · 12/10/2012 20:06

It's been used so much that it will have to be a "serious" name when today's babies are grown up.

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lola88 · 12/10/2012 20:08

My friend has little girl called Daisy, she is a very bubbly chatty slightly wild child and everyone calls her Crazy Daisy. It drives her mother mad.

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goldygumdrops · 12/10/2012 20:11

I agree that by the time our children grow up it will be a very 'normal' name. Its lovely. Why shouldn't women have pretty names anyway?

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EvilTwins · 12/10/2012 20:12

My DTD1 is Daisy. She has a more serious middle name if she wants to use it.

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HolyAutumnGoldBatman · 12/10/2012 20:30

Yes I think it is. I think it's been used as a name in it's own right for long enough and is popular enough to have surpassed the baby name/nickname category.

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schroedingersdodo · 12/10/2012 22:23

I would prefer something more serious for my daughter, but it is not too bad. Much, much better than Poppy or Lilly, for example.

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SomersetONeil · 13/10/2012 01:48

I think it will be a normal enough name by the time she's an adult, but it's not to my taste as it lacks substance.

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MolotovBomb · 13/10/2012 17:54

It's nice enough, but a bit middle of the road IMHO.

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mathanxiety · 15/10/2012 05:39

No.

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Anste · 15/10/2012 05:46

Lovely for a baby, not particularly for an adult.

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Zara1984 · 15/10/2012 05:59

Lovely name but as others have said, not serious enough for an adult! Daisy and Polly are two of my favourite girls' names but wouldn't use them for that reason.

Can u use as a nickname?

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ThursdayWillBeTheDay · 15/10/2012 06:39

Apparently it's not. Although mine is studying to be a zoologist/etymologist.

She didn't fancy plumbing. Not that I would have given a diddly if she had. She'd have earned more with her hand down people's lavvies, after all.

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halloweeneyqueeney · 15/10/2012 12:53

I do not think that popularity or normality changes a name and makes it serious. Tracys still didn't sound serious even when there were tonnes of them!
Daisy will still sound like Daisy even if you meet 10 of them a day!

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LJBrownie · 15/10/2012 15:13

My DD is called Daisy and she means business! I work in finance and can completely imagine my boss talking to a Daisy across the Boardroom table in a serious capacity. It's hardly like being called Chardonnay...

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