The first name Pansy
A girl’s name meaning “type of flower”.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Pansy means “type of flower”.
From pansy (“type of flower”).
More names that mean flower.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Pansy last appeared in the official list in 2013, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Pansy with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Pansy at birth, 1880–2025
In 2018, 6 girls born in the United States were named Pansy, the 15,195th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 273 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Pansy mean?
- Pansy means “type of flower”.
- How popular is the name Pansy?
- In 2013, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Pansy, ranking 5,742nd.
- Is Pansy a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 10,953 US babies named Pansy since 1880 were girls.
- When was Pansy most popular?
- 1916 in the United States, when 273 babies were named Pansy, its highest rank at 379th.