Daissy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-zee
- Origin
- English
Daissy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “day's eye”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Daissy mean?
English: spelling of Daisy; English flower name, from Old English daeges eage
“day's eye”
The daisy opens its petals at dawn, hence day's eye; Daisy was also a traditional pet name for Margaret.
Meaning borrowed from Daisy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Daissy a girl's or a boy's name?
Daissy is a girls' name.
How popular is Daissy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Daissy in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daissy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
Names like Daissy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Destiny Ivy Bailey Riley Ruby Harley Hailey Hallie Cassidy Presley Kennedy
Names related to Daissy
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daissy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daissy, updated 20 October 2026.