Daisy (first name)
Daisy is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Daisy is the common botanical name in the English language for all kinds of daisies , daisies and similar-looking daisy family (Asteraceaen). Etymologically, the name is derived from the Old English dægeseage , which means something like “day eye” (literally “day eye”, “sun eye”, actually “sun” or “pearl”). The name became common in the 19th century in the English-speaking world - especially in the late Victorian era - when plant and flower names were increasingly established for (female) first names. He is also a nickname for Margarete (see also Spanish Margarita ) and its diminutive form Peggy .
He became known in the German-speaking area through literary uses such as Daisy Miller or Daisy Duck , the cartoon character from the cartoon series Mickey Mouse .
Name bearer
- Daisy von Pless (1873–1943), Princess von Pless, first high society lady of the European aristocracy
- Daisy (* 1976), Austrian pop singer
- Daisy Bates (1859–1951), Irish-born Australian journalist
- Daisy d'Ora (1913-2010), German actress and Miss Germany (1931)
- Daisy Dee (* 1970), origin. Daisy Rollocks, Dutch singer, actress and television presenter
- Daisy Door (* 1944), origin. Evelyn van Ophuisen, German pop singer
- Daisy Edgar-Jones (* 1998), British actress
- Daisy Fellowes (1890–1962), stage name of a US editor-in-chief and Singer heiress
- Daisy Fuentes (* 1966), Cuban presenter, model and actress
- Daisy Lang (* 1972), origin. Dessislava Kirova, Bulgarian boxer and martial artist
- Daisy Marie (* 1984), American porn actress
- Daisy Spies (1905–2000), German dancer and choreographer
- Daisy Tahan (* 2001), American actress
Fictional people, animals, mascots
- Daisy Miller , heroine of the novel of the same name by Henry James
- Daisy Duck , Donald Duck's friend
- Rudolph Moshammer's Yorkshire Terrier
Other terms
- in Barsprache the name given drinks that particularly stand out by their sweetness and therefore primarily as Ladies cocktails apply
- Storm Daisy , a January 2010 Mediterranean low that resulted in severe snow and storm events
- Daisy , pseudonym of the Swedish author Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel
See also
- Daisy , naming the daisy itself
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. the botanical collection Daisy in the English-language Wikipedia , accessed on 15 July 2018th
- ↑ Ulrike Krischke and Hans Sauer: Augenwurz und Tagesauge , LMU Munich , University of Graz ; Excerpts from the dictionary of old English plant names (PDF)
- ↑ Daisy . Behind the Name (en.); accessed on July 15, 2018.
- ^ Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible . St. Martin's Griffin.
- ^ Daisy in the Online Etymology Dictionary , accessed July 15, 2018