What do you think of the name Daisy f...

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What do you think of the name Daisy f...
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Thu, 06-05-2008 - 5:11pm

What do you think of the name Daisy for our baby girl?



  • like it
  • don't like it


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 07-13-2006
Thu, 06-05-2008 - 11:25pm
While I really like the name Daisy, it does suggest a little girl. I know a Daisy in her 30s who is about 6 feet tall and fairly burly -- definitely not the petite flower her name suggests. Since you never really
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Registered: 01-17-2007
Fri, 06-06-2008 - 6:58am

A few years ago, I would've said I didn't like it because it was too girly.

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Registered: 12-10-2007
Fri, 06-06-2008 - 10:48am
I voted 'don't like it' because, although it's a pretty name, I find it slightly too sweet and

 

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Registered: 04-15-2008
Fri, 06-06-2008 - 12:34pm

Adorable - but use it as a nickname for Margaret, Marguerite, or a name starting with D.


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Registered: 03-02-2005
Fri, 06-06-2008 - 8:35pm

Where did you hear that Marguerite is "daisy" in French? Wherever it was, I thought it might interest you to know that it's completely wrong, lol.


Marguerite is the French form of Margaret, which is derived from the Greek for "pearl". I think Marguerite may be used as part of the colloquial name of daisies in France, but that's because Daisy is sometimes used as a nickname for Margaret (though I'm not really sure why, lol). :)

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Registered: 06-21-2007
Sat, 06-07-2008 - 11:27am

Thanks everyone!

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sat, 06-07-2008 - 2:07pm
I second that! Marguerite is the French form of Margaret et al. It means 'pearl'. Marguerite daisies are a common variety of daisies and so daisies are sometimes referred to as Marguerites.

 


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Sun, 06-08-2008 - 12:46pm
Actually, according to my Larousse and Langenscheidt French/English dictionaries, "marguerite" does indeed mean "daisy" (if the daisy is cultivated...if it's a weed it's "pâquerette") in French..."perle" is the French word for "pearl." Apparently, Margaret is from the Greek for pearl. French as a language is descended from Latin, which is a distinctly different language base. I think, once the name was incorporated into English (since we just suck up all sorts of words from all sorts of languages) one background overrode the other but there still remain--at the roots--two different words coming into play with two different meanings.
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Sun, 06-08-2008 - 1:14pm
I have no strong feelings either way.
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Mon, 06-09-2008 - 11:46pm
You're right that 'perle' is the French word for 'pearl' but the use of Marguerite is derived from one variety of daisy. My dialect of French definitely uses 'pâquerette' to mean daisy in most senses, Marguerite is more colloquial. The use may be different, particularly in European French; however the name is still from the Greek root and means 'pearl'. English is not more closely related to Greek than French is, it's a Germanic language. All of the Margaret derivatives come from the Greek root, even though the word is used in other ways - I believe Margherita is a similar case in Italian.

 


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