only daughter

Lone female child

A daughter who has no sisters.

The phrase emphasizes uniqueness and often carries emotional weight—parents' hopes, family legacy, or special attention concentrated on one female child: As their only daughter, she felt pressure to stay close to home.

Compare with only child, which means no siblings at all.

Related

apple of his eye · heir · golden child · spoiled rotten · loneliness · patriarchy · mother · primogeniture · young lady · inheritance · family name · dowry · protagonist · birth order · pressure · responsibility · father · lastborn

Opposites
quantity of female siblings

only daughtereldest daughter

Oldest female offspring

gender of sole child

only daughteronly son

Single male offspring

singularity vs. multiplicity of children

only daughtersibling

Brother or sister

Family

only, daughter, daughters, only child

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G