Daisy is used as a feminine name, and sometimes as a nickname for people named margaret, after the french name for the oxeye daisy, marguerite. The daisy is the national flower of the. The meaning of daisy is a composite plant (as of the genera bellis or chrysanthemum) having a flower head with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in one or a few whorls.

Daisies are distinguished by a composite flower head composed of 15 to 30 white ray flowers.