Poppie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Poppie

What is the meaning of the name Poppie ?

The baby name Poppie is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced POP-ee (/ˈpɒpi/ or /ˈpɑːpi/).

Poppie is English in Origin.

Poppie is an affectionate spelling of Poppy, the English floral name for the bright red bloom. The lexeme descends ultimately from Latin papaver "poppy," filtered into English through Old English and Middle English forms; the flower has long symbolized sleep and consolation in classical lore and, in the English-speaking world, remembrance of war dead after World War I.

As a given name, Poppy appears in British records from the late 19th century among the vogue for botanical names, and it rose sharply again in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the UK and Australia. Poppie functions as a contemporary, playful variant, more common in Britain and South Africa, where Afrikaans poppie also means "little doll" as a term of endearment. Variants and related forms include Poppy (standard), Poppi, and the nickname Pops; note that Italian Poppea/Poppaea is etymologically unrelated.