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Would it be odd to name my daughter Margaret...

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CheerfulYank · 14/02/2013 21:03

If my name is Megan?

She would be Maggie, not Meg. And it's the only name I really like.

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mathanxiety · 15/02/2013 04:49

I wouldn't see any problem. Margaret /Maggie - lovely, and not connected to Megan.

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CheerfulYank · 15/02/2013 03:56

Plus I'm American, so we go through name revivals at different times than you do. :)

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emmyloo2 · 15/02/2013 03:42

Agree with Midnight - it will stand out amongst the names she has mentioned.

MidnightMasquerader · 15/02/2013 02:38

No, revive it now - by the time everyone else gets on board, your DD will be in her prime with a lovely, fresh, current name, while everyone else's eyes are glazing over at all the Rubys, Daisys, Millys, Evies, etc, etc. :)

LulaBear · 15/02/2013 01:32

I would not connect Megan and Margaret at all, go for it!

SecretNutellaFix · 14/02/2013 23:34

Margaret is lovely.

I like the pet forms of Daisy and Peggy.

Maggie is a very strong shortening though.

I have a form of Margaret as my middle name, even though I hate it as I have always thought it poncy.

BackforGood · 14/02/2013 23:33

I like the name Margaret, but am still pleased one of the criteria when we were choosing names was that we all had our own initial. No point in creating problems when there are 26 letters in the alphabet after all.

Startail · 14/02/2013 23:20

cant we wait ine more generation before reviving Margaret, please.

It's what my friends mother's and some of the oldest girls at school were called.

It's DSIS's middle name and she hates it.

BumgrapesofWrath · 14/02/2013 23:09

I wanted Margaret if we had a DD. Then you can have Maggie, Peg, Pearl etc

amck5700 · 14/02/2013 23:06

You could have Rita too for short.

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CheerfulYank · 14/02/2013 23:06

No, I'm never Meggie. :) Meg sometimes, very occasionally Megs.

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CityMa · 14/02/2013 22:53

But do you get called Meggie? In which case you would be Meggie and Maggie. Even Megan and Maggie is a bit of a mouthful IMO.

But then I avoided any duplication of initials at all... !

AmandaPayne · 14/02/2013 22:42

Nope. It's lovely. As long as you don't plan to use Meg, I think that they are different enough. Lovely, strong, beautiful name.

Oh, if you have middle names, make sure her initial isn't the same though.

drjohnsonscat · 14/02/2013 22:09

I think it's lovely. I wanted Margaret too. Maggie is lovely.

emmyloo2 · 14/02/2013 22:00

No absolutely not weird at all. I my mind they are very very different names and as I said on my thread, Margaret is my current favorite. You could use the nickname Maggie or Margie.

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