Daisy

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What are your honest opinions on the name Daisy?
Ive looked at some previous threads and Daisy has been preferred to as child like. Not a grown up name. However I once knew a Daisy who was 106 years old. And the name never did her wrong.
My son also loves picking Daisies as he says they are pretty.
Would it sit well next to Noah?
Only slight reservation is my surname.
Look toward to reason your comments.
Thanks.

It's pretty, I like it. It's not so cutesy it wouldn't work on an adult. And there are some strong adult women around with cutesier names, that fabulous actress from the recent Dracula series is called Dolly, and she's fierce and fun. Or the journalist dolly alterton. There's Daisy Ridley, the star wars actress, she's pretty badass.

There’s a serous newsreader called Daisy and her surname begins with a d too I feel sorry for her - her name sounds incongruous on a senior professional older woman.

Daisy Christodoulou is a very highly respected education professional. I don't think the name has held her back.

Lovely name. I knew an older lady called Daisy and it didn't seem too young or cutesy at all. It's also timeless and if your son has a connection to it I think that's lovely.

I wouldn't like to be called Daisy now.

I like it - I have a Daisy who was named after a very elderly relative. Both are / were badass women taking no shit and the name still suits.

I have a Daisy.

Top of her year, as unfeminine as they come. Participates every year in United Nations junior debates regionally. Intends to go to university abroad (we are in Italy) looking at Oxbridge possibly, if she chooses the UK, but also fancies the Netherlands or Scandinavia.

I'll tell her none of this can possibly be true as her name is too twee to be taken seriously.

It was on my list for dd but vetoed by dh. Lovely name - although 22 years ago was more unusual than now. I vetoed Imogen btw.

@TheCanterburyWhales Your daughter sounds amazing! A huge well done to her for everything she is achieving.
Your post has really helped. I feel Daisy is so much stronger than Summer or Harper. I have very traditional biblical boys names, but I dislike nearly all biblical girls names. But think Daisy could be "the one" I've been looking for. I work with children and I've never come across another Daisy either.

No ones saying Daisys can’t be awesome over achievers 🙄 just to me it’s a toddler name and seems incongruous on adults just my opinion sure you would hate my dds names!

I love it but I have one so I'm biased

I used to be one of those "oh no cutesy names don't work for adults" types but then I realised I know senior professional women called Rosie, Bonnie, Betty, a Robbie (given name not a nickname) and you know what... people's names are just their names, they're going to determine or influence their personalities. I'm a solicitor and wouldn't bat an eyelid at a colleague called Daisy or Alfie or Archie or whatever.

Name trends change so hugely over the decades that what seems like a "little girl" name to us now was once an "old lady" name which we would have said sounded ridiculous on a baby. I know this is true because 20 years ago I knew babies Alfie and Maisy and that's what everyone said about their names then! Now they're "toddler names"...!

So I say go with the name you love, it's not going to affect the person your daughter turns out to be.

It’s pretty. Don’t do marguerite unless you like it for what it is. Thats what middle names are for. Its not the most solid, strong name ever but it’s much better than a harsh name and there are plenty of successful, confident Daisies around it’s a good name

It’s a proper name - if you call her margaret she might want to be Mag or Maggie? Daisy’s much more attractive it’s a flower in its own right

Love it but biased as I have a Daisy. She is a strong, independent, femanine young lady studying Physics at Oxford. Hasn't held her back in a male dominated environment. No one would dare to think of her as cutesy. Not sure she would be quite so happy with Margaret on her birth certificate.
If you love it use it

The butchest, most tomboy child I know is called Daisy, her name doesn’t suit her at all.
I personally don’t like it, I always rhyme it with lazy or crazy in my head when I hear it.

I really like Daisy. I do see the point that @MsTSwift is making but I think the fact that there’s a Senior newsreader called Daisy D means her name clearly hasn’t had any impact on her professional career whatsoever.

Also... Daisy is a nn for Marguerite? How?!

Oh ok I’ve just looked it up. Still, two completely different names.

I like it, it never occurred to me for mine. Oh well I can't afford another -sigh.

It’s why naming is so hard. Some will really suit Daisy but some really wont. Like Grace. The 3 I know are large and lumbering their names seem almost cruel.

Its a nice commonly used flower name just like Poppy, Rose and Lily. I know plenty of women with those names who are now successful adults with good jobs so having that kind of name has done them no harm.

However I once knew a Daisy who was 106 years old. And the name never did her wrong.

Never? So you knew her for all of her 106 years?

Love it. I adore flower names for girls though. Mean DH vetoed them for our DD though.

Lovely and goes really well with Noah.

I think it’s a lovely name. Of course it works on adults! I know an adult Daisy and I’ve never thought twice about it.

Really overused where I am. All the baby groups seem to have at least one and it’s a popular one for hyphenating (Daisy-Mae etc). Wouldn’t be for me I think there are nicer botanical choices.