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Peggy?

77 replies

Scottyme · 10/08/2023 21:01

What's everyone's thoughts on the name Peggy. We like the vintage names trend

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ASoapImpressionOfHisWifeWhichHeAte · 11/08/2023 11:13

I liked this for DD2 but it didn't feel like a "proper" enough name on its own and we didn't like Margaret (not least because we might have been taken for Thatcher admirers). A shame because I think she could have rocked it, but it felt too nicknamey. Great name though.

YukoandHiro · 11/08/2023 10:12

Makes me think of pegging 😬

Sorry!

PossiblyNotOne · 11/08/2023 10:10

Nope, really dislike it.

user1492757084 · 11/08/2023 09:52

Love Peggy.
I also love Meg.
Do you like Betty, Betsy, Lizzy, Lulu.

DuchessOfSausage · 10/08/2023 22:55

Margaret - Maggie/Meg - Peggy
Mary - Molly - Polly
etc

I like it.

DuchessOfSausage · 10/08/2023 22:53

Margaret was very popular, and names were reused more, so you could end up with Maggie, Meg, Peggy, Daisy, Madge, Marjorie, Greta etc all being registered as Margaret.

IRecogniseTheLocationInThePicture · 10/08/2023 22:28

We had a Peggy in our family, she was actually Peggy on the birth certificate rather than Margaret, although it always baffled me how you get Peggy from Margaret anyway.

I like it, I suppose because it’s a familiar name to me, but I think it’s lovely.

shoopshoopdedoo · 10/08/2023 22:24

Like it, especially as a nickname for Margaret

User3735 · 10/08/2023 22:01

I adore it.

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 10/08/2023 22:00

Absolutely dreadful.

PurpleChrayne · 10/08/2023 21:59

Hideous.

AmberGer · 10/08/2023 21:58

My friend's little girl is Peggy. I love it

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 10/08/2023 21:58

Love it

0021andabit · 10/08/2023 21:57

I absolutely love it.

Biscuitsneeded · 10/08/2023 21:56

It's lovely. Go for it.

Cactusali · 10/08/2023 21:56

One of my favourite people in the world was Peggy. She is long dead but a wonderful person. Go for it!

GreySweater · 10/08/2023 21:52

Love it!

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 10/08/2023 21:50

I've always liked it (possibly because of the one in Swallows and Amazons). I think nowadays you could probably use it as a full name, as other names like Tilly, Milly, Harry and Charlie that used to be informal forms of other names get used as full names now. But I'd maybe use a more mainstream middle name just in case you end up with a child who doesn't like to stand out in a crowd.

TomatoSandwiches · 10/08/2023 21:13

Not keen tbh.

How about these,

Alma
Betty
Carla
Delia
Enid
Fiona
Gina
Hetty
Irene
Jenny
Kimberly
Lorna
Mavis
Nina
Oona
Penny
Queenie
Raquel
Sally
Tess
Yvonne
Veronica

AnnieKayTee · 10/08/2023 21:10

I actually quite like it but I'd go with Margaret and nn be Peggy. She then has options when she's older.

Andanotherone01 · 10/08/2023 21:10

Horrible. Sounds like eggy (as in fart)

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 10/08/2023 21:08

It’s awful.

RoadSignFool · 10/08/2023 21:08

I love it. Reminds me of Mad Men.

midsomermurderess · 10/08/2023 21:07

I like it a lot.

Jojobees · 10/08/2023 21:05

I like it.