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Any thoughts on Daisy? Too cutesy?
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I'm goin to say it's cute, but a bit too cute. Like a little girl in a big flowered hat, or a very fast and destructive yellow kitten, or a rosy-cheeked country girl in shorts too short and tight.
It's not really that bad, just a bit trying too hard.
It's not really that bad, just a bit trying too hard.
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Too cutesy for me. It's a fun nickname though
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I have a dachshund names Daisy.
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You might say it's...daisy fresh? ;)
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I've said in the past that I like it, but at the moment it's striking me as too cutesy and perhaps too hard to take seriously on a grown woman. For that reason, I'd advocate for Margaret or Marguerite nn Daisy, so she'd have options.
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It's extremely cutesy imo. I can't picture it seriously on a grown woman. Also it makes me think of Daisy from the Great Gatsby, and that's not exactly a good association.
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Given that authors choose names for their characters, whenever there's an association with a character that isn't wholly positive, I always wonder which came first. For instance, does Daisy seem like the name for a flighty, selfish, not-very-bright woman because of the Fitzgerald character, or did Fitzgerald choose the name for the character because Daisy already seemed like a name for that type of person?
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Now you reminded me of why I started to not like Daisy as much some time ago :O It was one of my favorites and I had seen the movie/read the novel as well but never really thought much about her name. Then someone told me that it reminded them of a superficial person and mentioned the character and I guess that is when I started to sound it was too childlike or empty. I am also wondering about that and I think it might be that the name was chosen because it is very cutesy, without too much weight to it.
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I adore Daisy. It's sunny, it's happy and it makes me smile. I even saw a little girl the other day named Daisy. She had really blonde hair and actually looked like someone named Daisy. Would I ever use it? Possibly but only as a nn for Marguerite because I, like you, would fear people would think of it as too cutesy.
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It used to be one of my favorites. I can't really say why I don't like it so much anymore. I guess after a while I thought it sounded too light headed or insubstantial. I think it is perfectly fine as a full name, it's a flower name, but I find it more childlike than Lily or Ivy or other similar names.
This message was edited 6/5/2017, 11:50 AM
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Love it!
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Way too cutesy. My grandmother was Dasie and it never bothered me on her. She had a very sweet and bright personality and it suited her, but when I think about using it in reality it just seems impossibly young. Incapable of growing up. I feel the same way about Lucy.
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I like it - one of the better flower names, imo. I have known three people called Daisy and only one of them could be described as cute, and she's also a pretty fierce & feisty little person. The others were both strong, influential, feminist women who could not in any sense be described as airheaded.
I suppose any -ee-type ending name sounds cutesy to some extent, because it's a common diminutive ending. But as flowers go, daisies are fairly tough and sturdy. They thrive almost anywhere, and you can sit on them and squash them flat and they bounce back up again. Not a delicate flower.
I suppose any -ee-type ending name sounds cutesy to some extent, because it's a common diminutive ending. But as flowers go, daisies are fairly tough and sturdy. They thrive almost anywhere, and you can sit on them and squash them flat and they bounce back up again. Not a delicate flower.
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I love it! Perky rather than cutesy, I would say. (My friend Desiree was called Daisy-Rae at her preschool because one helper thought that was her name. She didn't complain! And I still call her Daisy sometimes, which probably started my liking for the name.)
Daisy Anne Georgina pleases me but doesn't provide the best in initials. Daisy Georgina Helen, perhaps?
Daisy Anne Georgina pleases me but doesn't provide the best in initials. Daisy Georgina Helen, perhaps?
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It sounds like a good name for an animal or cartoon character.
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