Daisy

daisy English Pronunciation en /ˈdeɪzi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Daisy (given name).wav US en eɪzi 2 Etymology 1 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". Proper noun en female English. en 1867 w:Alice Cary The Bishop's Son G. W. Carleton&Co 1867 31 Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance. en 1892 w:Harry Dacre w:Daisy Bell Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you! en 1929 w:Thomas Wolfe Look Homeward, Angel 45 Modern Library 1957 She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - - en 1976 w:R. K. Narayan The Painter of Signs 115 Penguin Classics 1982 0140185496 "Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is...""Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?" A common name for a cow. en 1875 E. L. Sturtevant; J. N. Sturtevant The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle A. Williams and company 160 The heifer Daisy died in September 1811. Derived terms en Daisy Buchanan Translations female given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黛西 Dàixī Dutch: nl Margriet, nl Madelief Japanese: ja デイジー Deijī Korean: ko ^데이지 Polish: pl Daisy f Russian: ru Де́йзи f Dɛ́jzi Spanish: es Margarita f Etymology 2 Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low. Noun A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level. Etymology 3 Three possible origins: Americanized form of a en fr - habitational surname, from either of two places called fr Aisy. Variant of the en ga - surname en Dacey. From the flower name, probably used as a nickname. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Daisy is the 36379th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Daisy is most common among White (71.54%) and Black/African American (14.31%) individuals. See also Appendix:Names for animals Further reading Anagrams en adisy I'd say Sayid diyas en surnames from French surnames from Irish Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Daisy, from en daisy. Proper noun ceb noun ceb female English Navajo Etymology From nv adeezhí younger sister. Proper noun nv proper noun nv Spanish Etymology es en Daisy, from en daisy. Pronunciation deisi + Proper noun f es female English Tagalog Etymology tl en Daisy, from en daisy. Pronunciation Deysy Dai.sy Proper noun deysi tl female English