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Peggy

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Linny88 · 20/02/2019 20:39

My mother passed away when I was 19 and I would like to honour her via my baby’s name....but she was called Margaret and I really don’t like that name. My husband doesn’t like daisy and a friend has Margot. I’ve read that Peggy is a nickname for Margaret....will everybody just think of Peggy Mitchell?!? Any other ideas for Margaret alternatives? My mother herself hated her name being shortened to Maggie and was called Marg or Margie by friends and relatives

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aliceelizaloves · 25/02/2019 18:32

I know a little Margaret who is known as Meg. I really like it.

Idontmeanto · 25/02/2019 18:27

My very lovely, elegant sil is a Peggy. I love the name!

123Flopsy · 25/02/2019 07:52

Peggy sounds like a nickname for Peg or Pegasus. I don't find it at all feminine.

I like Margareta.

FloatingthroughSpace · 24/02/2019 20:35

My grandmother was Peggy; her real name was Eleanor Margery.

beanaseireann · 24/02/2019 20:33

I don't like Peggy.
Margaret is lovely, as is Daisy.
Mairead can also be pronounced MarAid.
It depends on what part of Ireland you learned your Irish or where your teacher was from.

Chimchar · 24/02/2019 20:31

My grandmother was known as Peggy as nn for Margaret. I like it. Smile

daisypond · 24/02/2019 20:22

Yes. Marguerite (Margaret) is the French for daisy. That's how it comes about.

Poppyfields21 · 24/02/2019 20:18

I might be being dense here but is Daisy a diminutive of Margaret??

daisypond · 24/02/2019 20:13

I rather like Peggy, but there are other short forms I think are nicer - Maggie, Meg, etc, etc. But I prefer Margaret. Or Marguerite? Peggy is a style of name that is quite in vogue, I'd say, now. I would never think of Peggy Mitchell.

rosyedith · 24/02/2019 19:44

Peggy is beautiful! Do it x

whatstheplanphil · 23/02/2019 07:15

I love the name Peggy.

mathanxiety · 23/02/2019 07:14

Marit (Scandinavian Margaret)
Marketa
Pearl
Pnina or Penina

Agree Molly is a pet form of Mary.

Happyandglorious · 21/02/2019 07:53

I used my late mother's name as a middle name bc her name was also old fashioned and just felt it would be a heavy burden for my daughter and for me to say and hear my mum's name all the time.
Her first name is connected -both botanical and it is a name I know my mum would have loved.
Would you consider choosing a name you love for a first name and honour your mothe as a middle name?

MollyHuaCha · 20/02/2019 23:30

No to Peggy from me.

OK as a diminutive, but not as a complete name.

Pieceofpurplesky · 20/02/2019 23:10

Peggy is a gorgeous name. As is Maggie.

Sophronia · 20/02/2019 23:01

Maggie
Mamie
Margaretta
Rita
Megan

junebirthdaygirl · 20/02/2019 22:54

Mairead, lrish for Margaret is pronounced;
Mur/Aid ..l probably said it wrong in last post. Sometimes its difficult to get the right sound down.
I always thought Molly was short for Mary. At least here in lreland it is.

Janecon · 20/02/2019 22:23

I think Peggy is a lovely name and it makes me think of the fabulous Peggy Olsen character from Mad Men.

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Linny88 · 20/02/2019 22:21

@bumblebeesmum hadn’t thought of Molly, really like that too! No nice middle name or convertible maiden name I’m afraid.

@junebirthdaygirl how do you pronounce Mairead?

@tawdrylocalbrouhaha funny you should say that....Ida was also on my list, but my husband isn’t keen

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Foodtheif · 20/02/2019 22:21

What about Maisie? That’s a shortening of Margaret apparently.

CloserIAm2Fine · 20/02/2019 22:18

I know a lovely 11 year old Peggy, and I’ve never once thought of Peggy Mitchell when I see her or hear her name!

foxsbiscuit · 20/02/2019 22:17

Maggie is a gorgeous nickname. I don't like Peggy

Bumblebeesmum · 20/02/2019 22:17

Also Madge can be short for things like Magdalen if any of those names appeal (although I have a feeling they won’t as Peggy seems quite modern taste)

Bumblebeesmum · 20/02/2019 22:13

I don’t see anything wrong with using Peggy but there are millions of Margaret diminutives like Molly even if you decide against Peggy

junebirthdaygirl · 20/02/2019 22:07

Love the name Peggy.
In lrish Margaret is Mairead..Mar/aid
which is also lovely as is Maggie