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How frumpy is Margaret?

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javotte · 28/08/2012 09:37

My father is English so all our children have an English middle name. I am thinking of Margaret for DD2 but I am afraid it is too old-ladyish. It ticks all the right boxes (DS is William, DD1 is Eleanor, so I wanted to keep the "royal" theme, and it is loosely related to a gemstone), but I don't love it. Please give me your honest opinions!

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Welshguy · 31/08/2012 21:23

I like it - it sounds quite posh that it is uncommon as a child's name. BUT, I hate the nickname "Peggy" with a vengeance!

mummabug · 31/08/2012 17:02

Margaret is my middle name and everyone I've ever told has laughed at it.

emmyloo2 · 31/08/2012 02:54

I absolutely adore it. Maggie is a fabulous nickname as is Meg.

winkle2 · 30/08/2012 22:15

It's an old lady name

ZombiesAreClammyDodgers · 30/08/2012 20:53

No.. Sorry doesn't do it for me

nooka · 30/08/2012 15:44

If you want something very English and with royal connection then how about Jane? She wasn't crowned but she came quite close!

VerityBrulee · 29/08/2012 23:59

I love Margot as a nn. There is a little girl at school called Margot, I think it's a fabulous name

cece · 29/08/2012 23:53

Oh and I really like Anne too (royal name)

cece · 29/08/2012 23:52

I love the name Margaret and Peggy as nn is soooo cute.

mathanxiety · 29/08/2012 23:51

Caroline is another royal name..

mathanxiety · 29/08/2012 23:50

I don't like Maggie but I love Margaret. I see it as a red name.

DD1 had a 'Margret' of Swiss origin in her class. The quirkiness of the spelling was quite nice, I thought.

joanofarchitrave · 29/08/2012 21:46

Alexandra
Henrietta

ravenAK · 29/08/2012 21:46

I like the name, but I just couldn't, given the associations with Mrs T...

The more English version of Matilda/Mathilda (I have a Mathilda!) is Maud - the Empress Maud was known by both. A possibility if you don't want the 'Norman' version because it's too close to Mathilde?

sunflowerseeds · 29/08/2012 21:39

Frumpy exactly describes the name Margaret. It's beige too.

Feckbox · 28/08/2012 22:58

Love it.

Runningblue · 28/08/2012 22:45

Oh yes squeaver - meg is a lovely nn of margaret too
It's a no brainer op - I am expecting a girl, might join you in short listing Margaret

Runningblue · 28/08/2012 22:43

My mum is Margaret, shortened since a kid to marnie, which I love as a name in itself, and I note becoming a bit popular on mn..
I like the other shortenings too - margo, Peggy, maggie...

I think it's actually rather pretty. Good on you indith!
Maybe it's on the cusp of being über trendy op
I remember Amelie and Ava being unusual names 3 years ago when I had first dc - now they're dead popular..
Be ahead of the crowd?

TheJiminyConjecture · 28/08/2012 22:25

To me Margaret is someone who would wear socks with their crocs so to answer your op - very frumpy. However, if you like it as a middle name and it 'flows' with the first name then go for it.

Ephiny · 28/08/2012 18:23

Not keen on Margaret, it does feel very old-fashioned/middle-aged to me, seems to belong more to my mother's generation than mine or my children's.

Sarah, Alexandra, Diana?

Indith · 28/08/2012 18:23

Well my dd is Margaret so thanks everyone who thinks it is dreadful

Taking names from Queen Victoria's children you have Helena which would very definitely be the English spelling or an obvious royal one is Elizabeth since the French would normally use an "s".

I like your names :) mine are all mostly English but with a French connection.

mollieanddavidsmum · 28/08/2012 18:21

My mum is Margaret
I am Sarah Margaret
My dd is Mollie Margaret
I had it as tradition but kind of like it.

Floggingmolly · 28/08/2012 18:17

Very classic, and unusual these days. Nice.

squeaver · 28/08/2012 18:14

A bit old-fashioned but Meg is nice. I personally quite like Maggie.

My Mum is a Margaret and is known as Marnie (but then there is a Hitchcock film called Marnie and she's a psychopath).

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javotte · 28/08/2012 18:11

Thanks for the suggestions. The problem is, apart from Mary (which I am not keen on), all those names are the same in French. Perhaps Victoria would still be OK because most French people know Queen Victoria. I like Matilda, but isn't it too close to Mathilde?
In France, Megan is very chavvy (the British equivalent would be Chantelle).

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0lympia · 28/08/2012 18:10

I like all of its nick names but I don't like Margaret itself.

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