Margaret, Morag or Jean?

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Margaret would get shorted to Margot, Greta or Peggy, depending on which best suited her.

Morag would just be Morag. (Though DD1 has suggested she might call her Morag the Toerag)

Jean might become Jeannie.

Give me your thoughts, please!

Such dreadful, ugly names

Yes to Charlotte or Margot as first name.
No to all the others. Not a fan of Morag but Margaret, Peggy and Jean/nie are just dreadful. I'm early 50s and they are names of the generation above me and conjure up ageing or dead maiden aunts.

Love Margaret nn Peggy but it definitely doesn't work with Charlotte.

Jean is also great so I'd go for that.

Jean, definitely Jean. It's so refreshing after all the frilly, little girly names that abound. It makes me think of a sort of 1930s gutsy independent woman. Not simpering and babyish. Even Jeanie is so much preferable to drippy Emily and its permutations.

I totally called it that once the cutesy Cath Kidston pastel bunting retro name craze was starting to die down, the ugly retro names would start to trend. The Mauds and Ediths are the slightly dicey middle ground. And once the Jeans and Peggy's are done, it will time for the New Sharons to rise...

In order of preference, and going a bit off-piste, I'd put them:

Jean (Jeannie is sweet!)
Margot (prefer this as a standalone name)
Greta (this can also be a standalone name. Thunberg is a good namesake at the moment)
Morag (it's OK)

Don't like the nickname Peggy, or the full name Margaret.

As for the, "ew, they make me think of old women" type comments... there's nothing wrong with old women. Plenty of babies are named after their grandmothers, to the point where the names will sound current to OP's children. My grandparents didn't understand why Emily or Jack were in fashion in the 90s - such old-people names to them. And yet here we are.

Not keen on any of these personally, and I do like some of these older names making a comeback. Margot is quite nice on its own though.

I suspect that within the next two years 87% of newborn girls will be called Margot.

Those names are all terrible. Are you having an 80 year old?

I considered Jean and Margaret for dd2. I also really liked Joan bit it is just too close to my own name! Don't like Morag unless it is said in a Scottish accent.

But as a Pp pointed out, you'd have to change the middle name for Margaret - Margaret Charlotte does not work!

Really don’t like any of them!

I do really like Greta though, as a stand-alone name. It has a hint of old glamour. The others are old lady and not in a glamorous way. The only Morag I’ve ever known hated her name!

Charlotte Jean sounds better than the other way.

Margot, Greta or Charlotte are better choices imo

I don't really like them and you obviously like a hard R sound, but Morag is really not nice (yes toe rag). Peggy is just awful, Peggy brings to mind an old Irish woman scrubbing pans and shovelling cowshit (Irish myself, so not a race thing). Jean and jeannie is the nicest. Greta is also ok.

All of them are great! I find it hard to choose, but Jean Charlotte sounds great.

Margaret is lovely.
I don't like Margot.
I like Jean.
Margaret Jean is good.

I don't like any of them. Please don't. One is my Mum's name and she's often not very nice so...

Sorry, I don't like Morag not Margot. Morag sounds witchy.

Definitely not Jean

I know a couple of Jeans.

They live up to the name Mean Jean so can’t take it seriously

Morag and Margaret aren’t exactly doing it for me either.

Both very old woman type names

Definitely not Morag or Margaret! Margaret nns are nice but full name is really horrible. And Morag? Unless she's going to be born and overweight, single, eccentric art teacher in her fifties I'd cross that one off too. Jean is okay but very boring. June is nicer. I'd personally go for one of the nns you had planned for Margaret.

I love Jean, I had actually wondered if that name would come back into fashion.

Margaret is meh, Maggie or Peggy are lovely though. Margot too twee and middle class.

Morag, a nice strong Scottish name.

I really dislike Morag sorry, it's just such a harsh sounding name.

@soundsystem I'd agree with @LottieLucie "Charlotte Jean"
I'm sorry but think Morag is awful. Morag the toerag is funny though.
Margot is not my cup of tea but is becoming more popular, it's better than Margaret, Greta or Peggy though!
Jean sounds plain. Jane is nicer lol.

I love Morag and Jean. And Greta - which I would use as is. As others have said Charlotte doesn't work with Margaret, but Greta Charlotte is lovely.

I like Jean. I'm not keen on Margaret but Maggie is ok. Really don't like Margot