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What do we think about Margaret?

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catinboots · 18/01/2012 20:24

Maggie or Peggy for short. I luff luff it, but an surprised with the old lady name revival that I haven't met more of them....

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Theas18 · 18/01/2012 22:50

Lovely name. Sweet nicknames many and various maggie peggy meg/meggie Molly Midge (love that one!) Daisy even .

I've know Margarets of all ages . My nan was a Margaret , my mum is a Margaret (aka "our Maggie" when she was small) and one of my DDs has it as a middle name.

missmiss · 18/01/2012 22:27

I quite like it. Maggie and Peggy are nice nicknames.

LaFilleSurLePont · 18/01/2012 22:18

A very ugly name,as are most of the nicknames.

Clawdy · 18/01/2012 22:03

Margaret Thatcher has ruined the name for ever...Sad

nagynolonger · 18/01/2012 21:35

The only little Margaret I know is known by the nn Meg which is lovely but some people then call her Megan.

I will always think of Mrs T when I here the name but younger people might not be put off by that!

Maggie is OK but Peggy just says old lady to me.

PurpleWithaBlueBun · 18/01/2012 21:19

Thats a point Laurie, definitely put me off! Although some might like that...

LaurieFairyCake · 18/01/2012 21:11

Not this year you can't, Thatcher may cark it soon and it will look like a tribute.

magbob · 18/01/2012 21:10

I have a Maggie! I absolutely love her name. I like the fact that it is so familiar to people, yet is still unusual because of her age. She went through a stage of asking to be called Margaret (she wanted to have the longest name in her class!) So now some children call her Maggie and others Margaret. I have to admit that looking at her at 1 -2 days old I regretted the choice as it seemed strange to call a baby Maggie/Margaret but now I know it suits her.

CotherMuckingFunt · 18/01/2012 21:01

It's my mum's name so while I love it, I can't see it on a baby unless I picture a bad perm and a big nose Confused

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JestersHat · 18/01/2012 20:56

Margaret is nice and Peggy is good too.

Maggie still says "Thatcher" to people my age!

flamegirl77 · 18/01/2012 20:54

A relative was called this and got teased as she grew up in Scotland in the eighties when a certain other Margaret was not very popular. She may account for the lack of young Margarets!

FetaCheeny · 18/01/2012 20:54

I like it, and Maggie is really cute. Don't really consider it "old lady" though, more middle aged. This is probably because my aunt is Margaret so I associate it with her age group. I see the full name Margaret as quite a big name for a little girl for some reason.

LikeAnAdventCandleButNotQuite · 18/01/2012 20:51

I love Maggie, but its my DMs name, so a no go for us. We went with just Meg...no longer name on the birth Cert. She gets peggie from a couple of family members though!

PurpleWithaBlueBun · 18/01/2012 20:49

I really like it for the abbreviations :)

IsabelOSullivan · 18/01/2012 20:30

fantastic, why aren't there more of them?