Daisy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. 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".
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Daisy (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Daisy has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 16 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 618 |
| 2000 | 610 |
| 2001 | 612 |
| 2002 | 598 |
| 2003 | 596 |
| 2004 | 586 |
| 2005 | 581 |
| 2006 | 573 |
| 2007 | 571 |
| 2008 | 581 |
| 2009 | 587 |
| 2010 | 587 |
| 2011 | 585 |
| 2012 | 587 |
| 2013 | 594 |
| 2014 | 601 |
| 2015 | 595 |
| 2016 | 612 |
| 2017 | 622 |
| 2018 | 632 |
| 2019 | 636 |
| 2020 | 648 |
Daisy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Daisy.Hi! My name is Daisy.
- Daisy ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Daisy called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Daisy i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Daisy this afternoon.
- Daisys mamma är lärare.Daisy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Daisys mamma is Daisy's mum.
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Questions about Daisy
How do you pronounce Daisy in Swedish?
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What does the name Daisy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. 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".
How popular is Daisy in Sweden?
16 babies were named Daisy in 2022. In 2020, 648 people in Sweden had Daisy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.