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Margaret

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peperethecat · 29/04/2020 09:30

I keep seeing Margaret being suggested here, but it seems to be one of those marmite names.

What do people think? Due a comeback?

(I'm not thinking of using it myself, just curious.)

Personally I like it.

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ironicname · 30/04/2020 11:09

I love it. Lots of sweet Nick names from it too

Meg
Peggy
Maggie
Daisy
Maisey

zscaler · 30/04/2020 11:07

I really like it, but then I like ‘old-fashioned’ names.

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peperethecat · 30/04/2020 10:00

I think it's interesting that a lot of people think it's harsh and ugly sounding. I don't think this can be true in any kind of objective sense and think we must all be heavily influenced by what is in fashion at the time.

Margaret was, at one point, the most popular name for a baby girl and was certainly in the top five for quite some time. I don't think that would have been possible if it was objectively ugly. I probably would have said it was ugly myself at one point but then I think I also thought the same about Josephine, which I now think is beautiful. I think Margaret is just currently out of fashion and probably still quite associated with Margaret Thatcher.

I think it's since watching the Crown that the name Margaret has been going round in my head and I've started to think it's actually very elegant. And I love the nickname options.

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Teapot13 · 29/04/2020 14:11

I've always liked it. I met a little Daisy recently and her dad said it's short for Margaret. I loved that.

BeautyinAutumn · 29/04/2020 13:37

I'm gobsmacked ppl like it. Maggie is even worse!!!

bridgetreilly · 29/04/2020 13:29

Greta is another lovely shortened form of it. I think that's one of the reasons it's such a good name. So much potential for individualisation.

Blursula · 29/04/2020 12:38

I think it’s really harsh and ugly sounding, sorry. And also just makes me think of Thatcher

Hotpinkangel19 · 29/04/2020 12:21

My mum was a Margaret but absolutely hated the name! She always went by 'Maggie' as it was more friendly sounding. Sadly she died in 2017 when I was pregnant with my youngest daughter, when she was born people asked if she would be named after her - I think they expected Margaret as her middle name, but Mum would have hated that!!!! 🤣

123Dancewithme · 29/04/2020 12:15

I think it’s due a comeback, along with Mary.

SallyWD · 29/04/2020 12:05

I really like it.

IndiaMay · 29/04/2020 11:32

Like it, and the nicknamed Maggie, Daisy or Meg. Prefer Margot or Marguerite

babynamelover · 29/04/2020 11:28

My late Nan's name and my mil name too so dd #2 has it for her middle. I teach a wee Margot and it's really grown on me 😊.

PeartreeProductions · 29/04/2020 11:25

My middle name but I'm not keen on it, has a dull but harsh vibe about it. Also the Thatcher connection still lingers.
Maggie is alright though.

SnowdropFox · 29/04/2020 11:25

No thanks. Not my taste at all! Frumpy.

Flymetothestars · 29/04/2020 11:20

I love the name - so classy -and has the best nicknames ever

CaptainWentworth · 29/04/2020 11:15

DM is a Margaret and we have used it as a middle name for DD 18m. Actually DM is Margaret Elizabeth although DGM always denied she was named after ‘the two princesses’ 😂

I suppose it is a little bit old fashioned but I wanted to use the name and it goes well with DD’s other names. We also considered Margot as a first name instead but it didn’t seem to suit her.

LotusClover · 29/04/2020 11:09

Don't like it. Extremely dated and doesn't look or sound nice to me. It could be pulled off as a middle name if it has some significance as someone else suggested, but I would never use it as a first name.

bridgetreilly · 29/04/2020 11:03

I think it's an excellent name.

whatausername · 29/04/2020 10:51

Mar-grit. Just horrible sounds! Yuck. Buuuuuut each to their own of course. Smile

JKScot4 · 29/04/2020 10:51

Horrible name, anyone I know called it, hates it.

whatausername · 29/04/2020 10:49

Butt ugly, it's very harsh sounding. A great name to screech though!

MikeUniformMike · 29/04/2020 10:09

I like it as a middle name.

I like Maggie, Peggy, Daisy, Meg and Greta (but going off that one) as nn.

Margarita, Marged or Mared (Welsh) are nice versions.

ArriettyJones · 29/04/2020 10:07

It’s lovely in itself and also has many established diminutives ( Maggie, Madge, Daisy, Marge, Margot, Molly, Meg, and Peggy.) So it’s flexible. Definitely due a comeback.

Pemba · 29/04/2020 10:02

Nooo! Still has a bit of a stuffy middle aged vibe. Hate 'Maggie' too - so harsh.

I mean I know it is a classic name, yet somehow it doesn't seem timeless in the same way as, say, Elizabeth.

Perhaps it is due a comeback though, and younger people may not think of the name that way.

pinkpinecone · 29/04/2020 10:01

I don't think it's very nice and makes me think of Margaret Thatcher.

No harm using it as a middle name if it has significance but wouldn't saddle a child with it especially in an era of 'pretty' sounding girly names like Olivia, Isla and Ava.

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