Pansy

English flower name from French

"thought"

Pansy Origin and Meaning

The name Pansy is a girl's name of English origin meaning "thought".

Pansy is an early floral name that lost credibility when it became a derogatory slang term for gay people. Better these days: Posy or Poppy.

Pansy Rank in US Top 1000

# 932 in the US

20 Names Similar to Pansy

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Pansy.

• Thyme
• Petunia
• Pleasant
• Peony
• Daylily
• Mawar
• Pamala
• Shoshaunah
• Yesmin
• Kristal
• Peace
• Rosmerta
• Sherie
• Lynsey
• Taisse
• Ubelia
• Peru
• Lota
• Osier
• Providence

Famous People Named Pansy

• Lady Pansy Lamb English writer
• Pansy Yu Fong Wong New Zealand politician
• Pansy Catalina Ho (Chiu king), Macau business magnate

Pansy in Pop Culture

• Pansy Parkinson character in the "Harry Potter" series
• "Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter " comic strip in British magazine The Beano
• Related: PensÉe
• Pansy Osmond character in Henry James's novel "The Portrait of a Lady"
• Pansy O'Hara was the original name of "Gone with the Wind" heroine Scarlett O'Hara; Margaret Mitchell's publisher asked her to change the name just before the story went to print.