Daysy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-see
- Origin
- Old English
Daysy is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “day's eye”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Daysy mean?
Old English: spelling of Daysi; Spanish-style spelling of Daisy
“day's eye”
Daisy comes from Old English for 'day's eye', as the flower opens at dawn; it was also a nickname for Margaret.
Meaning borrowed from Daysi.
Is Daysy a girl's or a boy's name?
Daysy is a girls' name.
How popular is Daysy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Daysy in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daysy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Names like Daysy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daisy, Lily, Destiny, Cassidy, Emily, Kelsey, Bailey, Kennedy, Riley, Hannah, Carly, Ivy
Names related to Daysy
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
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, “Daysy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daysy, updated 20 October 2026.