In The Great Gatsby, what is the name of Jay Gatsby's love interest?

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's great love is Daisy Buchanan. Before the novel begins, Gatsby meets Daisy while he is stationed near Louisville during World War I, and the two fall in love. Gatsby's later wealth and lavish parties are partly an attempt to win her back.

Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan when Gatsby reunites with her through Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin and Gatsby's neighbor. Their relationship drives the novel's central conflict: Gatsby wants Daisy to reject her marriage and declare that she never loved Tom. Daisy, however, admits that she has loved both men, revealing that Gatsby's idealized dream cannot simply recreate the past.

Readers sometimes confuse Daisy with Jordan Baker or Myrtle Wilson, but their roles are different. Jordan is Daisy's friend and Nick's romantic interest, while Myrtle is Tom's mistress. Fitzgerald partly based Daisy on Ginevra King, a Chicago socialite with whom he had a youthful romance. Daisy's character also embodies the glamour and limitations of the Jazz Age elite.