Can Daisy be taken seriously?

[Anonymous]

Yes! And I love the name.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Los Angeles (the land of unusual names) and any name can be taken seriously. A kid named Guru from my class is a high-powered attorney on Wall Street; River owns a tech company; Jagger is a college professor; my BFF’s name is Meadow and she’s none the worse for it. Daisy is main stream compared to those names! The whole “it’s a dog’s name” and “it’s a hooker name” whines are so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I think you're overthinking it. I love it, Daisy can be taken seriously, and I'm sorry people are being rude about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisy-robinton-phd-97785b35/
https://dccfar.gwu.edu/daisy-le-phd-mph-ma
https://apnews.com/article/daisy-veerasingham-ap-ceo-gary-pruitt-2041881239a458bddeb202368ba70d4c

Plus it will be a memorable name that people have positive associations with (daisies are pretty, cheerful, a little wild, but never harmful or unpleasant). And if YOU like it, you will enjoy saying it several trillion times in the course of her life.

Don't listen to these judgmental PPs. Yes, there are absolutely people who will judge you for giving your DD what they consider to be a "cutesy" name. But here are the other things people will 100% judge a baby name for being: too common, too different, too hard to pronounce, to easy to shorten, too hard to shorten, too short, too trendy, too "try hard", too feminine, not feminine enough, too French, too similar to their least favorite aunt's name. And that's just a taste.

Do not skip a baby name you love because some anonymous person on the internet told you it was too hard for them to imagine a Dr. Daisy, or a Daisy PhD, or a Judge Daisy, or a Daisy CEO. It's not.

Oh, and also it's a top 50 name in the UK. I wonder how many Daisies have Oxford degrees? But I guess they're all silly, too?

Yes, but I think the British have a different aesthetic when it comes to names, particularly flower names. They also commonly use Poppy and Marigold, both of which might cause head tilts over here. If this is an American child who will likely live most of their life here, then it make sense to give them a name that will command respect here. I wouldn't tell someone in the UK that it was fine to name their daughter Fanny. It's about cultural context.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Los Angeles (the land of unusual names) and any name can be taken seriously. A kid named Guru from my class is a high-powered attorney on Wall Street; River owns a tech company; Jagger is a college professor; my BFF’s name is Meadow and she’s none the worse for it. Daisy is main stream compared to those names! The whole “it’s a dog’s name” and “it’s a hooker name” whines are so ridiculous.

+1. DCUM is weird about names. Daisy is a great name and she will be taken as seriously as she deserves. The head of the hospital where I work is named Spike. He’s taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

I worked with a woman whose name was Daisy and she went by Daze as her work name. It worked in our industry because it's very male and "dude bro" centric.

She made the change a few years into her official working career because she said that guys treated her like a fragile person but once she started going by Daze, it was like she became one of the guys.

A Daisy could be an excellent teacher but she'd never hack it in my field.

[Anonymous]

It's not as bad as Madison, but you can do better

[Anonymous]

I think it’s a classic name that can be taken seriously. But, you could do a very traditional middle name and give her the option to one day go by first initial + middle name:
D. Elizabeth Jones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: My former doctor's first name was Daisy.

My mother’s doctor was Dr. Payne and her dentist was Dr. Hatchett. Now those are names that might make you pause, yet they were both well-respected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a woman whose name was Daisy and she went by Daze as her work name. It worked in our industry because it's very male and "dude bro" centric.

She made the change a few years into her official working career because she said that guys treated her like a fragile person but once she started going by Daze, it was like she became one of the guys.

A Daisy could be an excellent teacher but she'd never hack it in my field.

Nonsense. Names do not have that much inherent power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Los Angeles (the land of unusual names) and any name can be taken seriously. A kid named Guru from my class is a high-powered attorney on Wall Street; River owns a tech company; Jagger is a college professor; my BFF’s name is Meadow and she’s none the worse for it. Daisy is main stream compared to those names! The whole “it’s a dog’s name” and “it’s a hooker name” whines are so ridiculous.

FYI Guru is a common Indian name. It's not made up and deserving of mockery.

I like Daisy and I think some of these posts are so provincial and narrow-minded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisy-robinton-phd-97785b35/
https://dccfar.gwu.edu/daisy-le-phd-mph-ma
https://apnews.com/article/daisy-veerasingham-ap-ceo-gary-pruitt-2041881239a458bddeb202368ba70d4c

Plus it will be a memorable name that people have positive associations with (daisies are pretty, cheerful, a little wild, but never harmful or unpleasant). And if YOU like it, you will enjoy saying it several trillion times in the course of her life.

Don't listen to these judgmental PPs. Yes, there are absolutely people who will judge you for giving your DD what they consider to be a "cutesy" name. But here are the other things people will 100% judge a baby name for being: too common, too different, too hard to pronounce, to easy to shorten, too hard to shorten, too short, too trendy, too "try hard", too feminine, not feminine enough, too French, too similar to their least favorite aunt's name. And that's just a taste.

Do not skip a baby name you love because some anonymous person on the internet told you it was too hard for them to imagine a Dr. Daisy, or a Daisy PhD, or a Judge Daisy, or a Daisy CEO. It's not.

Oh, and also it's a top 50 name in the UK. I wonder how many Daisies have Oxford degrees? But I guess they're all silly, too?

Yes, but I think the British have a different aesthetic when it comes to names, particularly flower names. They also commonly use Poppy and Marigold, both of which might cause head tilts over here. If this is an American child who will likely live most of their life here, then it make sense to give them a name that will command respect here. I wouldn't tell someone in the UK that it was fine to name their daughter Fanny. It's about cultural context.

Do you live in DC? Or any international city? Cultural norms don’t have firm borders. “American” culture has always been an amalgam anyway. My child attends school with kids who have names from all different cultural traditions. No one would blink at Daisy. Here, in the US.

I think these name threads are frequented by the DCUM posters from places that are not very cosmopolitan. It’s the only explanation for posts like the above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisy-robinton-phd-97785b35/
https://dccfar.gwu.edu/daisy-le-phd-mph-ma
https://apnews.com/article/daisy-veerasingham-ap-ceo-gary-pruitt-2041881239a458bddeb202368ba70d4c

Plus it will be a memorable name that people have positive associations with (daisies are pretty, cheerful, a little wild, but never harmful or unpleasant). And if YOU like it, you will enjoy saying it several trillion times in the course of her life.

Don't listen to these judgmental PPs. Yes, there are absolutely people who will judge you for giving your DD what they consider to be a "cutesy" name. But here are the other things people will 100% judge a baby name for being: too common, too different, too hard to pronounce, to easy to shorten, too hard to shorten, too short, too trendy, too "try hard", too feminine, not feminine enough, too French, too similar to their least favorite aunt's name. And that's just a taste.

Do not skip a baby name you love because some anonymous person on the internet told you it was too hard for them to imagine a Dr. Daisy, or a Daisy PhD, or a Judge Daisy, or a Daisy CEO. It's not.

Oh, and also it's a top 50 name in the UK. I wonder how many Daisies have Oxford degrees? But I guess they're all silly, too?

Yes, but I think the British have a different aesthetic when it comes to names, particularly flower names. They also commonly use Poppy and Marigold, both of which might cause head tilts over here. If this is an American child who will likely live most of their life here, then it make sense to give them a name that will command respect here. I wouldn't tell someone in the UK that it was fine to name their daughter Fanny. It's about cultural context.

Do you live in DC? Or any international city? Cultural norms don’t have firm borders. “American” culture has always been an amalgam anyway. My child attends school with kids who have names from all different cultural traditions. No one would blink at Daisy. Here, in the US.

I think these name threads are frequented by the DCUM posters from places that are not very cosmopolitan. It’s the only explanation for posts like the above.

Well, I'm from NYC and have lived in major international cities all over the world throughout my life and I don't like Daisy specifically because I don't think it's cosmopolitan. It reads as a hayseed, farm girl name to me, nothing sophisticated about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisy-robinton-phd-97785b35/
https://dccfar.gwu.edu/daisy-le-phd-mph-ma
https://apnews.com/article/daisy-veerasingham-ap-ceo-gary-pruitt-2041881239a458bddeb202368ba70d4c

Plus it will be a memorable name that people have positive associations with (daisies are pretty, cheerful, a little wild, but never harmful or unpleasant). And if YOU like it, you will enjoy saying it several trillion times in the course of her life.

Don't listen to these judgmental PPs. Yes, there are absolutely people who will judge you for giving your DD what they consider to be a "cutesy" name. But here are the other things people will 100% judge a baby name for being: too common, too different, too hard to pronounce, to easy to shorten, too hard to shorten, too short, too trendy, too "try hard", too feminine, not feminine enough, too French, too similar to their least favorite aunt's name. And that's just a taste.

Do not skip a baby name you love because some anonymous person on the internet told you it was too hard for them to imagine a Dr. Daisy, or a Daisy PhD, or a Judge Daisy, or a Daisy CEO. It's not.

Oh, and also it's a top 50 name in the UK. I wonder how many Daisies have Oxford degrees? But I guess they're all silly, too?

Yes, but I think the British have a different aesthetic when it comes to names, particularly flower names. They also commonly use Poppy and Marigold, both of which might cause head tilts over here. If this is an American child who will likely live most of their life here, then it make sense to give them a name that will command respect here. I wouldn't tell someone in the UK that it was fine to name their daughter Fanny. It's about cultural context.

Do you live in DC? Or any international city? Cultural norms don’t have firm borders. “American” culture has always been an amalgam anyway. My child attends school with kids who have names from all different cultural traditions. No one would blink at Daisy. Here, in the US.

I think these name threads are frequented by the DCUM posters from places that are not very cosmopolitan. It’s the only explanation for posts like the above.

Well, I'm from NYC and have lived in major international cities all over the world throughout my life and I don't like Daisy specifically because I don't think it's cosmopolitan. It reads as a hayseed, farm girl name to me, nothing sophisticated about it.

This just makes you provincial in a different way. Look up cosmopolitan. A truly cosmopolitan attitude would not deride someone from being from a rural area. Being cosmopolitan means to embrace people of all different origins. Not just people from big cities or who seem sophisticated to you.

You are offering an extremely limited outlook. That’s the opposite of cosmopolitan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Los Angeles (the land of unusual names) and any name can be taken seriously. A kid named Guru from my class is a high-powered attorney on Wall Street; River owns a tech company; Jagger is a college professor; my BFF’s name is Meadow and she’s none the worse for it. Daisy is main stream compared to those names! The whole “it’s a dog’s name” and “it’s a hooker name” whines are so ridiculous.

FYI Guru is a common Indian name. It's not made up and deserving of mockery.

I like Daisy and I think some of these posts are so provincial and narrow-minded.

And if he was Of Indian decent it would make sense but he isn’t. He’s a white, American redhead. And still it his name did not hold him back one iota.