THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Daisy
Daisy is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Daisy.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈdejsi/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈd̪eɪ̯.sɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Dai · sy2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Daisy, from daisy.
a female given name from English
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Daisy, from daisy.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
A female given name from English.
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Daisy, from daisy.
a female given name from English
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Daisy
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Daisy Reyes
Filipino beauty queen, actress and politician
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Daisy Ba-ad
Filipino writer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
3
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Daisy Ba-ad, Daisy Reyes
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Daisy in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Daisy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Dalisay♀Pure; unmixed
- Danny♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dado♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Dagat♂♀Sea; seawater
- Dainga·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Daisuke♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dakila·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dale♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Daisy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Daisy further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q4472145 — Daisy (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Daisy Ba-ad (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4472145 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Daisy Reyes (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4472145 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Daisy (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Daisy (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Daisy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Daisy (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.