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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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SeanCailleach · 06/11/2020 06:39

I love the name. I know a teenage one. It seems very fresh and elegant. She gets Margo a lot which is also elegant.

but.... didn't you post this a couple of weeks ago? And get identical replies? Are the dates playing up?

Time40 · 06/11/2020 01:02

Margin is a diminutive, so no worries there

People nickname their children after document formatting?? Shock

HeronLanyon · 06/11/2020 00:42

My first thoughts -
Like it.
See it as an older woman’s name for some reason.
Reminds me of Madeleine which I personally prefer.
It seems more French than lots of other French names. I’d slightly wonder if there was a French connection (🎥 !) in the family.

Hazelgood · 06/11/2020 00:35

Love it! One of my favourite names Grin

Bellevu · 06/11/2020 00:33

Margin is a diminutive, so no worries there.

Love the name

AdaColeman · 06/11/2020 00:22

I love it, it's a fabulous name!

lobsteroll · 05/11/2020 23:57

Love it!!

Sittingonthefence83 · 05/11/2020 23:50

Love it

BabyMoonPie · 05/11/2020 23:45

Margeurite Patten the cook whose baking recipes my mum used when I was young. It always makes me think of margarine but that might be the baking recipe thing! It's a beautiful name but not the easiest to spell

lottiegarbanzo · 05/11/2020 23:38

Like it a lot.

It is quite grown up. It's hard to imagine calling across a playground but a dimunutive would work fine.

I really dislike Rita but like Daisy and Margot, though think Margot is a separate name, so if you want to call her Margot, why not go for that as the name? I met a little Margot once. Would have said that was a very grown-up name too but actually, on a little child, it was very cute and fresh.

I think there are risks with the pronunciation of Marguerite. It seems to invite a terribly precise, affected pronunciation. If drawled though, it becomes very similar to Margaret, or 'Marg-Reet'.