Poppy is a feminine given name derived from the name of the flower "poppy", derived from the Old English

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

 popæg and referring to various species of Papaver

Papaver

Papaver is a genus of 70-100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.-Description:...

. The name is rising in popularity in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It was the 28th most popular name given to baby girls in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 in 2007 and was the 72nd most popular name given to baby girls in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The popularity of the name has been attributed to the naming of Poppy Honey, a daughter of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver

James "Jamie" Trevor Oliver, MBE , sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his campaign against the use of processed foods in national schools...

. Australian

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 actress Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Montgomery , is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha Spade on Without a Trace...

 and her sisters were named for the Flower fairies

Flower fairies

Flower Fairies are illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, created during the first half of the 20th century.-The Creator of The Flower Fairies:...

 illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker

Cicely Mary Barker

Cicely Mary Barker was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker's art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art...

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Famous People & Legends Called Poppy

• Poppy Olivia Beatrice Wigstead
• Poppy Cannon
  Poppy Cannon
  Poppy Cannon was at various times the food editor of the Ladies Home Journal and House Beautiful, and the author of several 1950s cookbooks....
  
  
• Poppy Harlow
  Poppy Harlow
  Katharine Julia Harlow is an American news anchor and reporter, best known for her journalism at Forbes.com and her work with CNN on television and online. She is currently a business correspondent and anchor at CNNMoney.com based in New York City where she has worked since leaving Forbes.com in...
  
  
• Poppy King
  Poppy King
  Poppy Cybele King is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 1990s.-Early life:...
  
  
• Poppy Miller
  Poppy Miller
  Poppy Miller is a British actress. Miller was born in Norwich, UK and studied philosophy and English at Cambridge University and later attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She is mostly known for her role as DI Carol Browning in the British detective series The Commander...
  
  
• Poppy Montgomery
  Poppy Montgomery
  Poppy Montgomery , is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha Spade on Without a Trace...
  
  
• Poppy Morgan
  Poppy Morgan
  Poppy Morgan is the pseudonym of an English award winning pornographic actress, model and director, born in Hull. Morgan worked as a trainee chef at London's "Blakes" restaurant...
  
  
• Poppy Sebag-Montefiore
  Poppy Sebag-Montefiore
  Poppy Sebag-Montefiore is a British freelance journalist currently stationed at the Beijing bureau of More4 News. Her geographical remit is China....
  
  
• Poppy Z. Brite
  Poppy Z. Brite
  Poppy Z. Brite is an American author. Brite initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s after publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections...
  
  
• Poppy Duffree

Fictional characters

• Poppy Pomfrey; see Hogwarts staff
• Poppy the bunny; see Beechwood Bunny Tales
  Beechwood Bunny Tales
  Beechwood Bunny Tales is a series of children's books written by French author Geneviève Huriet and illustrated by Loïc Jouannigot. The original books have been published in France by Éditions Milan since 1987. English translations of the first seven stories were released in the United States...
  
  
• Poppy the deer mouse; see Avi (author)
• Poppy; see MySims
  MySims
  MySims, formerly The Sims Wii and Nintendo Sims, is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spinoff to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2007, then re-released for Microsoft Windows and Mobile phone in 2008.It is the first game in the...
  
  series
• Poppy Burt-Jones; see White Teeth
  White Teeth
  White Teeth is a 2000 novel by the British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones, and their families in London...