Daisy or Zoe?

[threeleftfeet]

That's it really!

Your opinions much appreciated :)

Daisy. It's a pretty, feminine name. I knew a Zoe and she was a bitch so I don't like the name but I realise that's just me and says nothing about the name itself.

Zoe I think has more gravitas as an adult, but I do like the name Daisy for a little girl.

Would probably go for Margot, and use Daisy as a NN when small or family name, leaving Margot as the more grown up name.

I love them both.

Daisy - pretty name
Zoe - sounds more classic

Could you not use both? So Zoe Daisy xxxxxxx or Daisy Zoe xxxxxxxxxxxxx?

or if you like flower type names?

Zoe Rose Zoe Poppy
Zoe Lily Zoe Primrose
Zoe Jasmine Zoe Bryony

Zoe, as Daisy isn't an adult's name, it doesn't command respect.

I prefer daisy but it's REALLY popular here, I know of nine under six! I don't think it's a nice name for a woman either, a bit too cutesy.

I don't like Zoe but I'm not sure why as it's quite timeless. Of the two I'd go with Zoe.

Vote for Zoe from me

I prefer Zoe - think it's more classic, well known but not common iykwim
I like Daisy but it's a bit girlie/cutsie for my personal taste...
May be biased of course as Zoe is dd's mn after her paternal granny!

Really, is daisy a nn for margot?

for Margaret yellow apparently!

I have a 16yr old Daisy :) I love her name, it suits her.

I didn't think it was a common name - our Daisy has always been the only one in her year

Zoe.

Daisy is a silly, frilly name.

I really like the name Daisy but accept it is only suitable for a small child or a pet. There's a dog in my family called Daisy and it really suits her.

I would choose Zoe for the reasons mentioned above.

We have a dog called Daisy and there are lots of them about! Zoe is great.

Daisy. Kooky for an adult, cute for a girl.
Zoe - I knew someone once called this and she was the meanest person I have ever met. Was too tight to buy her own shoes so borrowed mine!

Zoe, I wanted to call my DD's this but DH vetoed. My great grandmother & her mother & her mother etc were called Zoe. Timeless name imo whereas Daisy is already looking a little dated to me & feels "nicknamey"

Zoe has a very 80's feel to me...also incredibly bland and just forgettable...

Daisy is a beautiful old English name. In another 15-20 years there will be a whole generation of ladies with 'cutsey' names, Daisy, Lily, Tilly, Millie etc...n-one will bat an eyelid..

If you are really set on Daisy, then you could as suggested choose Margaret in one of its variations: Margot, Margarita, Marguerite ...

(yes, 'marguerite' is the French name for daisy, hence its use as a nn for Margaret names)

Daisy is lovely for a child and an adult IMO. Maybe with a less girly middle name in case she is not a very girly girl?

I've always thought of Zoe and quite a frumpy name.

But really the name will become your child, not the other way round, if you see what I mean?

My late nan was called Marguirite - her nn was Margot.

Margaret, shortened to Daisy. To give her options.

My niece-by-marriage is Zui, pronounced Zoo-y, short for Zuleika, if that helps at all!

Zoe.

Daisy is too "cute". Ok for a child, but not for an adult.

I'd choose Zoe over Daisy every time - but then I am one, so am obviously biased! I was a 1980s baby, and I think Zoe did have a bit of a 'moment' then, hence some people's associations with that period. Would disagree that it's a 'chavvy' name, though - it's just been been steadily used over the years so there'll obviously be a range of people with the name. I'm also a teacher, and all the other Zoes I've come across have tended to be fairly middle-class and well-behaved!

Don't hate Daisy, but I'm not a fan of overtly girly, cutesy names generally. And I think that, like Zoe, it started off as a vaguely 'posh', quirky choice and has since filtered down - so in that respect there's not much to choose between them.

Zoe is lovely, every other child under seems to be called Daisy.

I couldn't not come on here to read your comments!

I'm a Zoe :)

I love my name and don't personally know any others.

I'm 25 and by NO means am I chav or a frump!!

I'd sooner be called Zoe than daisy any day of the week :)