Can Daisy be taken seriously?

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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.

Daisy Buchanan was about as far from a country hayseed as one could get.

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1

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I love it for a little girl or a dog, I don't like it for an adult. I'd use I as a middle maybe.

[Anonymous]

I like Daisy. Yes, it's a little cutesy but not any more so than Holly, Poppy, and Rosie. These are all legitimate names.

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It’s fine. When someone introduces themselves you say “nice to meet you” and move on. I literally don’t even think twice about someone’s name (unless it’s the first time hearing it). That’s just who the person is known as. If it’s anything more than that, YOU are the problem. People overthink way too much, and this is why every kid has the same boring name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. When someone introduces themselves you say “nice to meet you” and move on. I literally don’t even think twice about someone’s name (unless it’s the first time hearing it). That’s just who the person is known as. If it’s anything more than that, YOU are the problem. People overthink way too much, and this is why every kid has the same boring name.

Hmm, I feel like the overthinking can also go the other way, and make some people obsess over giving a child the most perfectly unique name that will dictate a specific personality and command respect and make people like them. But it turns out you could have named them Sophia or Theo or some other popular name and they would have led the same life.

Which is not to say people should give their kids common names— I like when I hear a variety of names. But it just doesn’t matter that much. If OP likes Daisy, she should give her DD that name. If she prefers Emma or Clementine or Sophia or Mildred, she should do that. It doesn’t matter, it’s entirely up to the parents, and it is not going to make or break your kid unless you are naming them Hitler or something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. When someone introduces themselves you say “nice to meet you” and move on. I literally don’t even think twice about someone’s name (unless it’s the first time hearing it). That’s just who the person is known as. If it’s anything more than that, YOU are the problem. People overthink way too much, and this is why every kid has the same boring name.

Hmm, I feel like the overthinking can also go the other way, and make some people obsess over giving a child the most perfectly unique name that will dictate a specific personality and command respect and make people like them. But it turns out you could have named them Sophia or Theo or some other popular name and they would have led the same life.

Which is not to say people should give their kids common names— I like when I hear a variety of names. But it just doesn’t matter that much. If OP likes Daisy, she should give her DD that name. If she prefers Emma or Clementine or Sophia or Mildred, she should do that. It doesn’t matter, it’s entirely up to the parents, and it is not going to make or break your kid unless you are naming them Hitler or something.

You’re disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Only in England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Name her Margaret, call her Daisy.

Why does Margaret have all these nicknames that aren't related to the name...Peggy, Daisy. Where do they come from?

[Anonymous]

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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.

I'm that PP and this cracked me up! Funny but a good data point too I guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Name her Margaret, call her Daisy.

Why does Margaret have all these nicknames that aren't related to the name...Peggy, Daisy. Where do they come from?

[Anonymous]

I keep thinking if the song: chorus "Daisy, Daisy/ Give me your answer, do./ I'm half crazy/ all for the love of you", ending with the words "a bicycle built for two"

[Anonymous]

I think I would choose Margarita, nn Daisy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. When someone introduces themselves you say “nice to meet you” and move on. I literally don’t even think twice about someone’s name (unless it’s the first time hearing it). That’s just who the person is known as. If it’s anything more than that, YOU are the problem. People overthink way too much, and this is why every kid has the same boring name.

Hmm, I feel like the overthinking can also go the other way, and make some people obsess over giving a child the most perfectly unique name that will dictate a specific personality and command respect and make people like them. But it turns out you could have named them Sophia or Theo or some other popular name and they would have led the same life.

Which is not to say people should give their kids common names— I like when I hear a variety of names. But it just doesn’t matter that much. If OP likes Daisy, she should give her DD that name. If she prefers Emma or Clementine or Sophia or Mildred, she should do that. It doesn’t matter, it’s entirely up to the parents, and it is not going to make or break your kid unless you are naming them Hitler or something.

You’re disgusting.

For stating the truth? Parents get to name kids whatever the want, the vast majority of people do well enough. Even if you think Daisy is too cute, who cares? Another name would be called too common or too easy to nickname or not easy enough. There are virtually no names that someone won’t dislike fir one reason or another. Parents should pick names they like, that resonate with them.

[Anonymous]

She can wear daisy dukes