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Why is Peggy not more popular?

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Manumission · 23/01/2017 07:08

I was just reading about Peggy Ashcroft and it made me think.

It's the perfect meeting of the "old lady name" trend (Iris, Sylvia, Elsie, Maude etc) and what I think of as "smiley" names (Poppy, Molly, Ellie, Chloe etc)

So why am I not meeting any tiny Peggys?

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Viviennemary · 25/02/2024 22:35

Its not popular because its a pretty dire name.

Soowoo · 25/02/2024 22:26

Our cat was called Pegatha (Peggy for short) I’ve no idea why she was called this, but I do love the name!

Grazie234 · 25/02/2024 15:35

It was a pet name for vulva/ vagina when I was growing up so was always a no no (Peggy and Willy!). I guess came it came from the Irish Gee.

TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth · 23/02/2024 09:33

Sounds like pigs, eggs, and clothes pegs.
It's really not very nice.

HahaBooHiss · 22/02/2024 20:12

Peggies are teeth, so I would just think of that when looking and my baby 😂

I do like the name though, it is lovely. But folk here have posted some good points. I know a Peggy and she’s nice.

ladycarlotta · 22/02/2024 19:26

I like Peggy. I don't know why it doesn't share recent popularity with names like Molly, which have that same kind of traditional girl-next-door energy. I knew one Peggy growing up who must be in her early 30s by now, and one who is about six. I also know a couple of Maggies which I also really like.

KirstenBlest · 22/02/2024 18:00

I like Greta too. I'd like Daisy but it's a bit twee..

Rotebeete · 22/02/2024 17:51

Margaret is nice, as is Margareta.

But Peggy sounds like Piggy and has no resemblance to Margaret at all.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 22/02/2024 17:34

It’s the combination of the bilabial plosive sound with a velar plosive. It has a hard, quite guttural effect IMO.

KirstenBlest · 22/02/2024 17:20

I like Peggy I like Margaret, Meg and Maggie. Not keen on Megan or Margot, they seem a bit faddy.

The former PM was Hilda until she was an adult.

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 20/02/2024 21:25

I love it. Was on our list

Westwindworries · 19/02/2024 14:59

I know a teenage Peigi (Scots Gaelic). I prefer Peigi to Peggy, though I don't think it would work outside Scotland.

Scottyme · 19/02/2024 11:30

I love the names old lady names Peggy, Edith, Mabel, Marnie

greendaisie · 18/02/2024 21:43

I assume Peggy is short for Peg?

greendaisie · 18/02/2024 21:42

Peggy is indeed awful and only one letter from Piggy Blush

Pegsmum09 · 18/02/2024 20:39

My nearly 10 year old is called Peggy. Its not short for anything either.

minisausage · 25/01/2017 00:15

I know a Peggy. I love it so cute

celtiethree · 24/01/2017 23:15

Because it sounds ugly

MelbourneClown03 · 24/01/2017 23:03

Absolutely hated the name Peggy until I taught the most adorable, little 3 year old. Now I think it's quite a cute little name. 'Spose it all comes down to the connotations of previous Peggys we've known.

BeastofCraggyIsland · 24/01/2017 22:55

Peggy is awful. In my head Peggy is a mid-40s waitress in a greasy roadside diner in the US; full name Peggy-Sue. Peggy-Sue is married to a good ole' boy in a baseball cap, check shirt and wifebeater vest called Al Grin

BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington · 24/01/2017 20:39

'Why oh why do people call their children the diminutive pet names for longer, far more versatile names?

Drives me bonkers. Are people really so ignorant?'

Christ alive calm down love.

Cherylene · 24/01/2017 14:38

I was named after a great aunt peggy. Just don't go there. It is awful. And Margaret is just so dull, dull, dull and uptight.
I don't use it.

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Manumission · 24/01/2017 14:27

Because they want to Cat. Are you so unimaginative?

I heard of a baby Lillibet the other day. Not everyone would plump for that but I quite like it.

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CatAmongPigeons · 23/01/2017 23:08

Why oh why do people call their children the diminutive pet names for longer, far more versatile names?

Drives me bonkers. Are people really so ignorant?

If you like Peggy, FGS call your daughter Margaret and give her a choice of names when she's an adult. She can choose to stick with a childish diminutive or use the rather lovely Margaret.

Yes, tainted by Mrs Thatcher, but I have an aunt, and a grandmother both called Margaret. Elegant graceful women, like their name. Never Peggy!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 23/01/2017 20:15

It'll come back. It's nice.

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