Daisy or Sophia?

[emmie841]

Which do you prefer?

1st choice- Daisy- less common, bright, happy.

2nd choice- Sophia is nice, but I do think of an eldery, Italian lady. I think of Sophia in the Golden Girls.

As long as your surname doesn't start with a D, then Daisy. Yes, it runs the risk of cutesy in adulthood even without alliteration, but it's the right amount of quirky and obviously pretty. While I like Sophia, it's so overused I almost don't notice it as a name.

I'd choose Sophia -it's really popular but it's classical, elegant and international imo.

Daisy is very pretty but it's just too cute for me, I struggle to see it on a serious older woman.

@IamnotwhouthinkIam

I'd choose Sophia -it's really popular but it's classical, elegant and international imo.

Daisy is very pretty but it's just too cute for me, I struggle to see it on a serious older woman.

Yes. Exactly this.

Sophia. It’s classic and beautiful.

Sophia. Daisy feels a bit cutesy to me.

Sophia is a lovely name, but there are so many Sophia/Sophies around at the moment. For that reason I’d go with Daisy.

I like Sophie. Daisy is very twee.

I like daisy but you could always go Marguerite with daisy as the nn 😊

Sophia all the way.

Daisy is so twee and cutesy. I think it is awful on a grown woman. It used to be a nickname for Margaret (anglicised version of marguerite, which is French for daisy I believe.)

Daisy Sophia would be my choice.
I really like Daisy and don't perceive it as twee at all. I think flower names - Ivy, Iris, Poppy, Violet, Daisy - are all relatively strong-sounding and attractive.

Love the name Daisy!!

I love someone else's idea of calling her "Daisy Sophia". Sounds lovely.

Daisy

100% Daisy. It’s so underused. It’s a gorgeous, elegant name. Sophia is a bit dull

Daisy, such a lovely name!

Sophia

Daisy is so cool and fresh!

Sophia ... Well. I'm sure it was nice once, but it has been ruined by every female child in the world being named Sophia for the last ten years! 😂

Sophia. It’s beautiful and elegant.

Imagine a 50 year old professional called Daisy - cringe!

My 'Daisy' is a 26 year old forensic pathologist. I love her to bits but 'cutesy' or 'twee' she definitely isn't ! .

Daisy the forensic pathologist - oh dear!

@Sway19

Daisy the forensic pathologist - oh dear!

Why "oh dear"? Your comments make it sound as though you have quite narrow experiences of life. I know doctors called Ellie and Poppy and Emmie and Tabbi and Milly. I am a bit of a name snob but not because of the limitations they cause to people's professions.

Daisy Ridley is a cool, not twee, namesake. Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have a baby Daisy too and I think they are a cool, non twee couple too .

I don't understand why Daisy the forensic pathologist is "oh dear" at all

I prefer Daisy :)

The only adult Daisy I know (in her 20s) hates it - cutesy and a lack of nickname potential, unless you use it as a nickname for Margaret in the first place.

Sophia