Thoughts on Maggie

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Hi,
I have an Oliver and an Elsie and am due any day with another girlie.

Our names list was:
Martha
Mathilda
Maggie
Beatrice

I have always loved Maggie but it seems to get a really strong reaction (not a good one either!) and loads of people absolutely hate it.

What's the general consensus on Maggie?

Whilst I like the other names I find Bea a bit predictable, Martha a little hard and I love Matilda but can't stand the nn Tilly and have no control over what they will end up being called at school.

To be fair Elsie got a massive marmite reaction when she was born so I'm not adverse to a marmite name but is Maggie a hard name?

Thanks in advance!!!

catsofa that's so immature - avoiding a small girl because she has the same first name as a politician approximately 90 years older than her . i think you'd be doing the OP a favour to avoid her.

Maggie Beatrice

Maggie Elizabeth, because my Elizabeth was supposed to be a Maggie!

OP you have excellent taste in names, Oliver is second choice if I ever have a baby boy (it's DP's first choice)

I love Maggie. I would call her Margaret on birth certificate though (my mum's name and DD's middle name).

I like Mathilda best, dislike Maggie.

Magda?

Maggie Thatcher to me. I hate it for that reason.

I love Beatrice as a name, and also Mathilda.

(I also really like Elsie too - I'm not having any more children, so we just got a kitten and called her Elsie). if I did have an accidental daughter, she'd be called Beatrice.

Makes me think of thatcher, and also 'not a name' unless short for Margaret, which also makes me think of thatcher.

Maggie! Love it - makes me think of this Maggie, who is a great character (though her real name is Perla...)

My daughter is called Maggie and we love it. I don't think of Simpson or Thatcher- she happens to have the same name as a famous Dame!

I think Maggie is great name, strong and feisty. I would however put Margaret or Margot on the birth certificate (preferably Margot).

Matilda is another strong name and can be shortened to Mattie, which is less cutesie than Tilly and close to Maggie...

Love it. Matilda over done loads of them

PenguinsIsSleepDeprived probably because I spent so many hours of my life in the 1980s shouting "Maggie Maggie Maggie, out out out!" as she destroyed one public service and one working class community after another.

Margaret does not have the same association (I think almost everyone I know has an Aunt Margaret somewhere ), it's just Maggie because it was a more distinctive nickname - I've never known anyone else with the name.

I would be shocked if anyone of my generation didn't know who Maggie was, and she's not long died so I would assume a child born around now had been named after her.

I really like all the other names in the OP though, and I love Margot.

I find Maggie harsh sounding as well as being too close to Maggi (instant soups).

There are far prettier names imo.

I personally love Maggie :-)

I find Margaret and Maggie very unfeminine. I love Marianne though and quite like Matilda.

Agree about the Maggi association, another reason to avoid it.

I think that's why I like it. Antidote to the girlie weak names like poppy, sophie Amelia etc. it's strong.

My friend has a Maggie shes beautiful, I love the name.

I quite like it, but I would make the mistake of assuming it was short for Margaret.

How about Margot? A little softer sounding ... Your other children's names are beautiful.

Also, you could name her Magda on birth certificate - and maggie for nn

Think Maggie is a great name, my DD's middle name is Elsie so think you've got good taste anyway!
I know someone with a Martha nn Marti which is cute.
What about Annie?

I really LOVE LOVE LOVE like Maggie.

It's a great name.

My friend has a Margot who she calls Maggie - I like it.

My Maggie is Maggie Grace

Maggie Grace or Maggie Elizabeth. Both lovely combinations.