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Margaret, Morag or Jean?

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soundsystem · 20/07/2019 17:24

Margaret would get shorted to Margot, Greta or Peggy, depending on which best suited her.

Morag would just be Morag. (Though DD1 has suggested she might call her Morag the Toerag)

Jean might become Jeannie.

Give me your thoughts, please!

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Rosecherry · 15/08/2019 02:34

Jean / Jeannie Smile

And here is a cute & fun name
(Jayne - get's Jaynie as nickname)

ScratchyMap · 07/08/2019 11:37

Jean is gorgeous. I love it.

Grufallosfriends · 06/08/2019 20:22

I think Margot is much uglier than Morag.

I prefer Margherita!

LittleDoveLove · 06/08/2019 20:08

Definitely not Morag! It even looks ugly how it's spelt. Margot is cute.

SweetJasmine17 · 06/08/2019 19:23

There are so many lovely vintage names that I can't comprehend naming a child Margret (thatcher/moody Margret) or Jean which is just awful. It makes me think of someone with a short choppy grey haircut, not a child.
Morag is the least bad but only in a northern accent. What about Nora instead?

Bumbags · 06/08/2019 17:59

Are you giving birth to an old woman?

I would not want to be called ANY of these names.

Morag is horrendous.

I know it’s not the same name at all but Myfanwy at ds school gets mercilessly mocked for her name......kids can be cruel.

heidipi · 06/08/2019 17:57

OP they're all great - another vote for Jean here. Some hilarious comments about "old-fashioned" names - as though the currently very popular Ruby, Harriet etc etc weren't once seen as dated. Soon there'll be a few harridan Great Aunts called Lilly-Mae around anyway!

My DDs both have names that you might have an aunt called and don't seem to be suffering with them. We think they're great.

But OP have you considered Evie/Eva/Ava or maybe Mia/Mya/Maya? Every class needs a few more of those...

Littlebluetinofdorcaspins · 06/08/2019 08:47

Jean, lovely (a bit coloured by the fact that one of the best people I know is a Jean!). Also goes best with Charlotte.

Margaret - good strong classic, plenty of great nicknames.

Morag - agree with pps, unless you’re planning on living in Stornaway, the pronunciation will be harsh, although it is a good, strong name.

Aquilla · 06/08/2019 08:42

All I can hear in Morag is RAG!

Piggywaspushed · 06/08/2019 08:39

Haha OP : you really do need to listen to people in London saying Katie Morag more! No one will say it the way you do and your ears will hurt. The English way of saying names is the very reason I didn't call DS Alexander.

small2018 · 06/08/2019 08:29

All horrible old lady names - sorry.

allthegins · 06/08/2019 08:20

Hate old fashioned names for babies. It’s so try hard.

Pippilangstrumpfi · 06/08/2019 08:18

I like Margaret (but hate Margot especially if pronounced Margott). I also like Margherita.

Pippilangstrumpfi · 06/08/2019 08:18

I like Margaret (but hate Margot especially if pronounced Margott). I also like Margherita.

Pippilangstrumpfi · 06/08/2019 08:18

I like Margaret (but hate Margot especially if pronounced Margott). I also like Margherita.

JessePinkmanYo · 06/08/2019 08:13

Margaret is terrible. And anybody that was unfortunate enough to be saddled with that name will tell you so!

Bellaposey · 06/08/2019 07:53

Definitely Margaret but doesn't go with Charlotte as a middle name. I always thought Margaret Rose like Princess Margaret was beautiful.

CruCru · 06/08/2019 07:51

I have a friend called Meg (short for Margaret) - she’s in her late thirties. It is a really nice name.

PrincessLouis · 05/08/2019 19:48

I like Margaret best, an underused classic, I wonder why Elizabeth has survived as a popular name but not Margaret? There loads of brilliant historical and literary Margarets. Could also think of Meg (Little Women 😍) or Maggie. I do think Margaret Charlotte is not great though as both long and t-ish - maybe Margaret Jean or Margaret Jean Charlotte?

Then Jean as I like Jeanie

Don’t love Morag

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soundsystem · 04/08/2019 19:05

I think the problem with all three of these is that your DD will need to be beautiful, cool and somewhat fabulous to carry them off

I totally disagree. And the op lives in East London. You HAVE to be cool there. It is actually the law. Little known legal fact there. You're welcome grin.

Not sure about cool, but my other children have unusual-but-not-weird names and they seem to pull them off ok Wink DD1 could definitely have been a Peggy, which would have made this decision easier as Peggy and Jean as sisters I like a lot (she has a more unusual name, because she's my PFB Grin)

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soundsystem · 04/08/2019 18:58

LostInTheColonies Morven is lovely but we already have one in the wider family so it's out, unfortunately!

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soundsystem · 04/08/2019 18:56

Piggywaspushed That's interesting! I would put the emphasis at the beginning like Katie Morag? (I'm not explaining it well I don't think! My accent is quite "sing-songy" I suppose and that's just how it comes out!) Didn't realise it could be said in so many ways!

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Angrybottlethrower · 04/08/2019 17:48

Margaret is lovely but Morag and Jean are horrible

Piggywaspushed · 04/08/2019 17:06

I am Scottish and also say MoRAG. Always considered it a bit affected to say it any other way unless you were actually a Gaelic speaker.

I find the English say MaaaaawRAG in a particularly awful way.

zvjezdica · 04/08/2019 16:47

Maggie or Margot as a standalone name is a great suggestion! Margot is pretty similar to Morag too, without the issue of sounding unpleasant in certain accents. Margot Jean would be a lovely name!