# Daisy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/daisy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 615 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,379 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 502,025 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪzi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

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".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Daisy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Dias, Das, Days, Dass, Daws, Deasy, Dawsey, Dash, Diaz, Duke, Dickey, Doss.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.