Poppy: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “poppy flower”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- PAH-pee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the English flower name. It ultimately goes back through Late Latin papaver, but as a given name it is an English floral use.
How popular is Poppy?
Babies named Poppy in 2024928
2024 rank#338 girls
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18808,482
Poppy is rising: use over the last five years is 5.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Poppy
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Poppy questions
What does the name Poppy mean?
Poppy means "poppy flower". It comes from English. From the English flower name. It ultimately goes back through Late Latin papaver, but as a given name it is an English floral use.
Is Poppy a boy or girl name?
Poppy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Poppy?
928 US babies were named Poppy in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Poppy?
Poppy is usually pronounced PAH-pee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.