What is Daisy short for?
Daisy is short for Margaret and Marguerite. In 2025, 3,206 girls in the United States were given Daisy as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Daisy
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Margaret Greek origin
Daisy from Margaret: a traditional English pet name, via the French marguerite, the daisy flower.
2,436 girls named Margaret in 2025
Marguerite French origin
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Daisy from Marguerite: marguerite is French for daisy, and English families borrowed the flower.
71 girls named Marguerite in 2025