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Peggy

57 replies

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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lotusbell · 20/02/2019 20:57

I actually like Peggy! My much missed mum was Margaret and was always known as that but I called her Mags, Maggie and then Senorita Margarita. Sorry, I know that doesn't help you, just having a moment. What about Margaret as her middle name?

FoxyStoatontheProwl · 20/02/2019 20:54

I think Peggy is lovely and a lovely way to honour your mum!

Other suggestions I've thought about for Margaret nn's (some are a bit of a push sorry)

Pearl (Margaret means Pearl)
Marty
Margie
Meg
Mari
Marta
Mimi
Mara
Molly
Greta
Maisie
Daisy
Gigi
Ettie
Polly
Marlo

Chocolatecake12 · 20/02/2019 20:53

I know a baby Peggy! She’s very cute!
But as pp have said you could use Margaret as a middle name and give your child a name that’s chosen because you like the name!!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 20/02/2019 20:52

Mairead or Megan?

JasonGideon · 20/02/2019 20:51

I adored the name. I was so close to using it . After my beloved nanny mainly but also after Peggy Olsen. A well known Instagrammer names her daughter Peggy while I was pregnant and it seemed really cute on her baby but my mum talked me out of it and in the end I feel that was right. It’s not a very nice name for a teenager

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 20/02/2019 20:50

I’m not keen on Peggy, sorry OP. How about Margaret for a middle name?

Jaz32 · 20/02/2019 20:46

No don’t call your baby Peggy! Yes Peggy Mitchell is what I think way too granny and not in the fashionable way.... Sorry to hear about your mum, use Margaret or Margot or even Daisy as her middle name then you are still honouring her but your daughter gets her own name.

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