Margaret...

Are there any babies unfortunate enough to be called Suvannagh or was that a misspelling of Savannah? Savannah is a name that I expect to date very badly indeed.

Daisy is a nn for Margaret because of the flower known as marguerite, which is a cultivated garden version of the daisy. Pearl is also a nn for Margaret because that's what the Greek version of the name meant.

Also confused by the it was never popular comment. In Tudor times it was almost compulsory to be called :

Elizabeth
Anne
Jane
Mary
Margaret
or
Cecily

It also must have been very in vogue in the 40s/50s as there's tons of Margaret's aged 60+

Oops, sorry, posted too soon.

Off course it has been popular: that's why there are so many of them, even if most are older .

It's been around for hundreds of years!

Swings and roundabouts.....Anne is a particularly beautiful name in all its variations. I suppose it comes down to what you are familiar with. I know two little Maggie’s. I do not know any Scarlets or Indigos and if I’m being honest I never even knew there was a girl’s name Suvannagh until I read this thread.

I don't think Margaret will be popular for new babies, ever. It would have already been popular and it hasn't

@GreatDuckCookery names tend to come back in fashion the generation after the ones that are called it 'die off'

I'm a Margaret (always been called Maggie though) and I never got teased at all for it - I'm in my 20s now and mostly just go by Mags.
Go for it if you love it - I quite liked being the only one at school called Maggie & not having to use my last initial to show who I was!

Or she could be in a class of Indigo’s, Autuns’s, Ava’s, Scarlett’s, Daisy’s, Rivers and Suvannahs. Then she will look really dowd

God, I'd rather be dowdy than have any of those names! Daisy is a nn for Margaret anyway

I don't think Margaret will be popular for new babies, ever. It would have already been popular and it hasn't.

In 10 years time names like Debbie, Julie, Lisa will be up and coming. Margaret will die off.

Aw wee Peg as a nn for her as a baby is very sweet.

Margaret will be very popular in 10 years time so you'll be ahead of the trend.

Margaret to me is a slightly old lady name (love Maggie as nn though) but that's because I associate it with my grandmother. People will associate it with your daughter after a couple of weeks and you have a lovely story behind the name.

Eleanor and Beatrice for example are classic names but are more popular due to the fact they are much nicer than Margaret and Anne, the fact there are very few little Margaret's and Anne's knocking about is proof imo.

One of my good friends is called margaret. Everyone calls her Maggie though. We are in our 20's and nobody ever picked on her for her name at all.

I hear some odd and weird names from my dd1 school and they never seem to get picked on for it either

Why give a child a name like that anyway

The natural response to the above question is to ask why give a child a name like Scarlett, Suvannagh, indigo????

Maybe it is just as simple as people who like Scarlett. Suvannagh and Indigo will not like names on the opposite end eg Anne, Margaret, Eleanor and Beatrice and the same can be said for those of us who prefer the latter names. They are completely different names/types of name but cannot be classed as dowdy unless you mean dowdy in comparison to the former list which would be perfectly fine and even preferable to me.

Or she could be in a class of Indigo’s, Autuns’s, Ava’s, Scarlett’s, Daisy’s, Rivers and Suvannahs. Then she will look really dowdy

Seriously? Those names are so common and try hard. A Margaret will seem classy amongst them. Besides which her peers with have no such "dowdy" associations with her name: it will just as new to them as any other.

Love it. My DD middle name after my late and much loved Grandmother. Maggie is such a sweet nickname too. Do it!

I didn't know Daisy was a nn for Margaret. It's nothing like it!

With luck she'll be in a class of people who learn not to be judgemental about other people's names which are, after all, not the child's fault.

She might not be though. Agree with Tatiana with why give a child a name like that anyway? I don't know any little Margarets. I know a few called Maggie although I don't like that either.

I like Margaret - and so many choices for nicknames, of which Daisy is my favourite.

^ a name

That’s all irrelevant to the associations of a name. Connotations and judgment are two completely different things.

Why give someone for others to practice non-judgement? Just give her a nice one instead.

With luck she'll be in a class of people who learn not to be judgemental about other people's names which are, after all, not the child's fault. Nothing frumpy about any name in and of itself. People just need to get over their assocations with it. When I first learned that the BBC had a presenter called Edith who is a lot younger than I am, I was amazed. I'm used to it now, it's fine.

It can make you seem dowdy for sure.

It’s a very, very frumpy name. Not ‘classy’ at all, un-chic and inelegant.

Then she will look really dowdy

Or she will have a very classy name in comparison to the rest of her classmates......

ETA I can’t see how a name can make you look dowdy????

It’s a frumpy old name not a nice old name.
Yes she could be in a class of Elenaor’s, Mary, Anne’s, Pearls and Margots.
Or she could be in a class of Indigo’s, Autuns’s, Ava’s, Scarlett’s, Daisy’s, Rivers and Suvannahs. Then she will look really dowdy.