Posy (given name)
Posy or Posey or Posie is an English given name derived from the English term for a small flower bouquet. A posy is also a word for a single flower. It can also be derived from an English nickname, sometimes used independently, for a formal name such as Josephine. The name came into use along with other botanical names for girls in the 1800s. It has also been associated with poesy, referring to a collection of verses. A posie ring is a gold ring with a meaningful verse on its surface. They were exchanged by lovers as a symbol of commitment from the 1500s. Other spelling variants in use include Posee and Posi.
Posey is also a surname with various possible English, French, and German etymological origins.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
Women
- Posie Graeme-Evans, Australian novelist, television and film producer, editor, screenwriter and director.
- Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, British anti-transgender rights activist and founder of the group Standing for Women
- Posy Miller, British actress
- Rosamund “Posy” Musgrave, British former cross-country skier
- Posy Simmonds, British newspaper cartoonist, writer and illustrator
Men
Fictional characters
- Posy Fossil, a character in the children's novel Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
- Posey, a character in BBC children's television programme ''The Flumps''