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Margaret or Lavinia

79 replies

Summer8summer8 · 08/01/2025 11:30

Hi which name is better for daughter: Margaret or Lavinia?

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Tinselinthewhoopsiebasket · 08/01/2025 11:39

Lav /Lavi for short isn't ideal.... Lots of better nn with Margaret.. Or what about Margot?

MistyF · 08/01/2025 11:34

I like Margaret better than Lavinia.

sesquipedalian · 08/01/2025 11:34

I think Margaret is a great name, and a choice of diminutives - Maggie, Margot, Meg, Daisy (Margaret = Marguerite = Daisy).

Nextyearhopes · 08/01/2025 11:30

Margaret

Lovely name, so glad it is coming back into fashion.