Why is Peggy not more popular?

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I was just reading about Peggy Ashcroft and it made me think.

It's the perfect meeting of the "old lady name" trend (Iris, Sylvia, Elsie, Maude etc) and what I think of as "smiley" names (Poppy, Molly, Ellie, Chloe etc)

So why am I not meeting any tiny Peggys?

My cat is Peggy (Peg, Pegs, Pegzy) it's an awesome name

Mitchell.

Sorry it's just awful! Couldn't tell you why though

Probably too many of us remember elderly Aunt Peggys? Just about everyone I grew up with had an aunt (or great aunt) Peggy.

I know a little Peggy, who's about 20 months now. I love it on her - adorable! It is gradually getting more popular now actually.

Because it's a pet form of Margaret? Many people might not want their child to have the same name as a rather notorious prime minister.

Uh okay. Some reasons then

But Thatcher and Mitchell have gone now so maybe that will help. I didn't have any Gt Aunt Peggys myself, which also helps.

Oh no. No more googling stuff I read on MN. DD was quite stern on that point

I don't think we're allowed a new generation of Peggys until Peggy Archer has shuffled off her immortal coil.

How on earth did 'Peggy' arise from 'Margaret'? It's puzzled me since I first twigged this reading Swallows and Amazons.

I also had a very severe great auntie Peggy!

To me it's too much of a pet name (like Dolly, Biddy, Minnie, Kitty etc) and I'm not keen on using such names unless you give the child a more formal name to fall back on

We (by which I mean DP ) are considering Margaret and DP keeps saying that Peggy is a lovely NN. I can't quite put my finger on why I'm not into it. It's somehow more properly old fashioned than charming old fashioned?

I'd guess via "Meg" Errol (?)

It's like Polly being a NN for Mary isn't it? - bit obscure.

Peggy is awful.

Reminds of teeth or "peg leg".

Daisy is the other nn for Margaret isn't it?

I love Margaret and Peggy.

I had a great aunt Peggy who was awesome so it was definitely on my girls list. Also Peggy from mad men.

Oh I like it, or I did, until I googled pegging. Thanks, pp.

We we would never use it as my maiden name was Peggy (spelt slightly differently tho) and I hated, the amount of teasing I got from it growing up, pegleg, Miss Piggy etc etc
I married the first guy I could with a relatively normal name

Mmm, another one here who can't put my finger on why it just isn't for me. I think it's that the sound "Peg" is just not very nice. Peggy Mitchell too, undoubtedly - the appeal of the Granny Chic names is surely that everyone's sort of heard of them and knows how to spell them but hasn't ever actually really met / known one, and PM sort of undoes that.

Peggy

I quite like Penny though.

I couldn't go near Margaret or any derivative due to Thatcher. I'm sure lots of people feel the same.

I can't imagine anyone calling Mrs T "Peggy". They wouldn't dare.

Milk you need a trigger warning on that

Mitchell for me
I wanted the name for my puppy, but was vetoed.

Another Aunt Peg here too, probably great aunt tbf