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Thoughts on Marguerite

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MamaLoLo1 · 05/11/2020 23:30

What is your first reaction to the name Marguerite?

There's lots I love about it... The French connection (personal to me), that it means pearl (a name I like but can't use), that it also represents daisies (Daisy being a family name), the range of potential nicknames (Margot, Maggie, Rita, Etta etc.)...

But there's also something stopping me from falling in love with it. It feels rather long even though it's the same number of syllables as Stephanie or Georgina. My other half loves it and I want to too, but I can't put my finger on what's putting me off!

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nancybotwinbloom · 06/11/2020 22:21

Beautiful

MinnieJackson · 06/11/2020 22:13

I love it!

Voice0fReason · 06/11/2020 21:25

Hate it, sorry.
Sounds very old & dated.
I don't like the shortening of Marg
Sounds like margarine, pizza and cocktails
And she'll spend a lot of time spelling it out to people!

VenusClapTrap · 06/11/2020 20:41

Love it. One of my favourite names. I also adore Marjolaine.

FangsForTheMemory · 06/11/2020 19:48

Margaritas are my favourite cocktails. It’s a lovely name but don’t let people shorten it to Rita.

MikeUniformMike · 06/11/2020 14:57

Colm sounds a bit like Column

Bellevu · 06/11/2020 14:48

@Time40

Margin is a diminutive, so no worries there

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Orphlids · 06/11/2020 12:51

Oh, I absolutely love it. Like PP have said, it’s a grown up name. So sophisticated and elegant. I’d love to be able to introduce myself as Marguerite. It carries such weight, especially when she’ll be in a room full of Evies and Gracie-Maes (sorry to their parents!) I can imagine Marguerite being a rather mysterious, slightly intimidating, intelligent and well travelled woman. It’d be so sweet and refreshing for a little girl, and suit her at all stages of her adult life. Marvellous choice, I think. Hope you grow to love it, OP! I’d be excited to meet a baby Marguerite!

And it doesn’t make me think of anything edible, pizza, cocktail or margarine.

MikeUniformMike · 06/11/2020 11:33

A friend has a dd called Margarita and I never thought of pizza or cocktail. Probably cos I give pizzas and cocktails a miiss.

Sipperskipper · 06/11/2020 11:33

It's beautiful!

SoupDragon · 06/11/2020 11:29

@MikeUniformMike

Margarita and Magaretta are nice too.

Margarita sounds like both Pizza and a cocktail. On that basis I would give it a miss.

Marguerite is far better. DD has it as a middle name though so I might be biased 😂

MikeUniformMike · 06/11/2020 11:24

Margarita and Magaretta are nice too.

Shmithecat2 · 06/11/2020 11:03

My first thought is Margarita Pracatan singing on the Clive James show 😂. That might just be my age though 😬

lottiegarbanzo · 06/11/2020 11:00

I'd thought of Marguerite Patten (hence sense of grandeur, I think) but not of pizza, as the emphasis is different. But, yes, people will think of that. As a grown-up name, with Margot as an everyday shortening, it is pretty good though.

I love that she could be Margot to some people, Daisy to others and Marguerite when feeling formal. Pretty versatile!

Mousepad20 · 06/11/2020 10:46

I think it's a lovely name in itself but you also have several reasons to choose it.

I'd think of the flower before pizza (and I know an actual Margarita).

emmathedilemma · 06/11/2020 10:05

Pizza, sorry!
It's a bit frilly for me.

Lobsterquadrille2 · 06/11/2020 08:45

I love it. I knew twins, one was Marguerite and the other was Claire. The names didn't seem to match.

Ladderofyears · 06/11/2020 08:21

My son went to nursery with a Marguerite. She was one of his friends but he constantly asked why she was named after a pizza. I would hope people asked it less frequently as she grew up.

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MamaLoLo1 · 06/11/2020 08:13

@Oneandabean We do love pizza in this house! 😂

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JemimaTiggywinkle · 06/11/2020 07:53

I like it

Oneandabean · 06/11/2020 07:49

I can’t help but immediately think margarita pizza. But I’m sure any odd association like that would quickly be replaced once people get used to it

husbandcallsmepickle · 06/11/2020 07:39

It's my cousin's name. I like it.

Tadpolesandfroglets · 06/11/2020 07:33

Love it! It was my grandmothers name.

Purpler5 · 06/11/2020 07:21

My first thought was it looks/sounds to much like margarine. Sorry!

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MamaLoLo1 · 06/11/2020 07:17

Thank you for your replies! It does sound very grown up to me too, maybe that's what it is.

Maggie is my favourite nickname but I love Daisy too 🌼

@SeanCailleach Marguerite featured on a shortlist of French names I posted about a few months ago, but that was more to do with pronunciation. As in... Are these names easy to say for Brits/in English without the pronunciation getting mixed up? Baby is nearly here now and we're down to the last two!

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