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Poppy

Flower name, English from Latin
"red flower"
Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

Poppy Origin and Meaning

The name Poppy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "red flower".

Poppy, unlike most floral names which are sweet and feminine, has a lot of spunk. Long popular throughout the rest of the English-speaking world, Poppy is finally starting to rise toward the top in the US, where it entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.

British TV chef Jamie Oliver used the name for his eldest daughter, Poppy Honey Rosie, as did Anthony Edwards, Jessica Capshaw, and Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. A notable adult Poppy is Australian Without a Trace star Poppy Montgomery (full name Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth – she and her sisters are all named after flowers: Lily, Daisy, Marigold and Rosie).

Due to the flower's bold crimson color, Poppy makes an especially good choice for a redhead. In the UK, it is a traditional name for November babies, due to the flower's association with Remembrance Day (Nov 11), honoring the memory of members of the Armed Forces who have died in the line of duty.

Other Poppy-like names to consider: Pippa, Piper, Posey and Petal.

# 338 in the US

Poppy Rank in US Top 1000

# 146 on Nameberry

Poppy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Poppy

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Famous People Named Poppy

  • Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite
    now Billy Martin), American novelist
  • Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Montgomery
    Australian actress
  • Poppy Angela Delevingne
    English model and socialite; sister of model Cara Delevingne
  • Katharine Julia "Poppy" Harlow
    American CNN anchor
  • Poppy Morgan
    English adult film actress
  • Emma "Poppy" Deyes
    English lifestyle blogger
  • Poppy Miller
    English actress
  • That Poppy
    stage name of Moriah Pereira, American singer,songwriter
  • Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver
    daughter of TV chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
  • Poppy Wollen (b. 2009)
    daughter of actress Rhiana Griffith and Ben Wollen
  • Poppy Davies Dixon (b. 2009)
    daughter of IndyCar driver Scott Dixon and Emma Davies
  • Poppy Genn (b. 2010)
    daughter of newscaster Tamara Taggart and musician Dave Genn
  • Poppy Barlow (b. 2012)
    stillborn daughter of singer Gary Barlow and Dawn Andrews
  • Poppy James Gavigan (b. 2012)
    daughter of Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan
  • Poppy Emery (b. 2012)
    daughter of actors Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer; twin brother Charlie
  • Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
    daughter of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager
  • Poppy Brent
    Berkus (b. 2015), daughter of designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent
  • Poppy Alice Burgess (b. 2017)
    daughter of rugby league player Sam Burgess
  • Anouska Poppy Pearl Gerhauser (b. 1987)
    daughter of socialite and TV personality Tamara Beckwith and Bill Gerhauser
  • Clementine Poppy Vaughn (b. 2004)
    daughter of actor Matthew Vaughn and model Claudia Schiffer
  • Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
    daughter of Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager

The name Poppy in Pop Culture

  • Poppy
    character in animated film "Trolls"
  • Poppy Lifton
    character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
  • Poppy Mayfleet
    little sister of Lina in the book/movie "City of Ember"
  • Poppy/Rebecca
    character in "The Cellar" by Natasha Preston
  • Poppy Moore
    character in 2008 movie "Wild Child"
  • "Poppy North
    Secret Vampire," novel by L.J. Smith
  • Poppy Pomfrey
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Poppy Sellars
    character in "Angel Pavement" (1930) by J. B. Priestley
  • Poppy
    one of the fairy twins on TV's "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
  • Poppy Clarke
    Jerome's little sister on TV's "House of Anubis"
  • Poppy Giordano
    character from the "Dead Is" series
  • Poppy
    character on TV's "The Fosters"
  • Poppy Calloway
    character in the Addicted Series
  • Poppy OHair
    character in Ever After High
  • Poppy
    character on Vampirina
  • Poppy
    ,Australian term for grandfather
  • Poppy Marshall
    one of Haley's twins on TV's "Modern Family"

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