Maggie

[Vintagejazz]

Someone I know has just called their baby this, and I think it's so cute, but a few people looked a bit when they heard the name. Just wondering if it's generally popular on MN?

[squoosh]

I love it!

Think it's really strong and feisty. Maggie could fix an engine, bottle up some homemade sloe gin and tell a hilarious anecdote all at the same time.

The only dark shadow on the name is that Maggie, recently deceased of this parish.

[EyelinerQueen]

I love it.

It's feisty and down to earth. Nothing frilly or princessy about a Maggie.

DD might well gave been one were it not for Thatcher. My dad would never have coped with that connection.

[sooperdooper]

Cute but I'd have gone for the full version

[BreeVDKamp]

Love it!

[felinesad]

Awful. It's nick name and makes me think of Maggots

[wigglesrock]

I really like it too, we discounted it because my husband can't say it without seething. I also like Meg from Margaret.

[Stripytop]

I love it. It's The Simpsons baby, but that makes me like it more.

[Bunbaker]

It's OK. Just be prepared for everyone to assume that it is short for Margaret. It might be a better idea to use Margaret and then just shorten to Maggie, then your daughter can chose what she wants to be called when she is older.

I like Margaret BTW.

[WomanScorned]

It's what we planned to name DS, had he been a girl. I might have given her Mary-Margaret, tho.

[NadiaWadia]

It has a harsh sound, not pretty at all, and is not really a name in its own right (should be Margaret or something). Then there are the unfortunate associations ...

[RoseberryTopping]

Love it :) my grandma is a Margaret and she is lovely!

[MilkandCereal]

I think it's a harsh sounding,very unpleasant name. I hate it.

[MummyBeerest]

I like it. But I think I'd only use it as a nn.

[SpringHeeledJack]

I've got a Maggie- she's actually Margaret, and I hoped it would somehow morph into Peggy, but it's been Maggie since she was born

I love it, really suits her- haven't regretted it for a second

Roseberry it was my Granny, too

[slightlyconfused85]

Love it. Very cute but still strong.

[CheerfulYank]

It seems to suit this one well.

She is Margaret really, but we call her Maggie most of the time. And we're American so Thatcher isn't a concern for us.

[pilates]

No don't like the name, but cute baby.

[soundsystem]

I like it, it's on my list (would be Margaret on paper), but not sure if I can get past the Thatcher connection!

[CheerfulYank]

Thanks Pilates. :)

[Bowlersarm]

Love it.

[squoosh]

She's so sweet and chubby! Love the sprig of hair.

[Daisymasie]

I don't like the name Margaret at all, but Maggie is cute.

[PenguinsHatchedAnEgg]

I don't get the Thatcher obsession with Margaret. She was a Margaret at a time it was a massively popular girls' name. Almost everyone has one somewhere in their extended family back a couple of generations. I don't understand why people link the name to her in a way that Joseph or whatever doesn't get written off.

[Wafflenose]

We know a little one, and it's not short for anything. It really suits her. It's strong and to the point, not too girly, and different enough to be a bit cool.

[PinkHamster]

I quite like Maggie, but I'm not sure I'd use it for a baby because of the Thatcher. I know that's not really logical though.

I did have a guinea pig called Maggie so I still got to use it - I usually give my pets names that I like but would never get to use on a child.