Maggie

[Vintagejazz]

Someone I know has just called their baby this, and I think it's so cute, but a few people looked a bit when they heard the name. Just wondering if it's generally popular on MN?

I love it!

Think it's really strong and feisty. Maggie could fix an engine, bottle up some homemade sloe gin and tell a hilarious anecdote all at the same time.

The only dark shadow on the name is that Maggie, recently deceased of this parish.

I love it.

It's feisty and down to earth. Nothing frilly or princessy about a Maggie.

DD might well gave been one were it not for Thatcher. My dad would never have coped with that connection.

Cute but I'd have gone for the full version

Love it!

Awful. It's nick name and makes me think of Maggots

I really like it too, we discounted it because my husband can't say it without seething. I also like Meg from Margaret.

I love it. It's The Simpsons baby, but that makes me like it more.

It's OK. Just be prepared for everyone to assume that it is short for Margaret. It might be a better idea to use Margaret and then just shorten to Maggie, then your daughter can chose what she wants to be called when she is older.

I like Margaret BTW.

It's what we planned to name DS, had he been a girl. I might have given her Mary-Margaret, tho.

It has a harsh sound, not pretty at all, and is not really a name in its own right (should be Margaret or something). Then there are the unfortunate associations ...

Love it :) my grandma is a Margaret and she is lovely!

I think it's a harsh sounding,very unpleasant name. I hate it.

I like it. But I think I'd only use it as a nn.

I've got a Maggie- she's actually Margaret, and I hoped it would somehow morph into Peggy, but it's been Maggie since she was born

I love it, really suits her- haven't regretted it for a second

Roseberry it was my Granny, too

Love it. Very cute but still strong.

It seems to suit this one well.

She is Margaret really, but we call her Maggie most of the time. And we're American so Thatcher isn't a concern for us.

No don't like the name, but cute baby.

I like it, it's on my list (would be Margaret on paper), but not sure if I can get past the Thatcher connection!

Thanks Pilates. :)

Love it.

She's so sweet and chubby! Love the sprig of hair.

I don't like the name Margaret at all, but Maggie is cute.

I don't get the Thatcher obsession with Margaret. She was a Margaret at a time it was a massively popular girls' name. Almost everyone has one somewhere in their extended family back a couple of generations. I don't understand why people link the name to her in a way that Joseph or whatever doesn't get written off.

We know a little one, and it's not short for anything. It really suits her. It's strong and to the point, not too girly, and different enough to be a bit cool.

I quite like Maggie, but I'm not sure I'd use it for a baby because of the Thatcher. I know that's not really logical though.

I did have a guinea pig called Maggie so I still got to use it - I usually give my pets names that I like but would never get to use on a child.