Posy

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning small flower bouquet.

Babies a year
22
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1407
22 babies

Posy by the numbers

In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Posy. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Posy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Posey15 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Posy

Names that are said the same way as Posy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Posiea diminutive form of Posy, meaning flower or bouquet62 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a flower

Like Posy, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Posy

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