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!

Ah - you're Scottish! I like all of them. What about Morven?

Jean is fine, the others are awful

Jean / Jeannie I love.

I have been reading quite a bit about mediaeval history this year and Margaret is beginning to grow on me.

I’m sorry they all sound horrific to me - less old in a romantic vintage way, more 50 year old woman’s name. I’m just one random internet stranger though.

I like Jean, but I think the problem with all three of these is that your DD will need to be beautiful, cool and somewhat fabulous to carry them off. They're all names I can imagine on a hefty apprentice nun.

Of course if she does turn out to be beautiful, cool and fabulous then they're amazing.

I love Peggy, but if your child is fat you're asking for trouble. DP and I vetoed it for that reason (as given our genes a porker was likely).

Jean/Jeannie
Morag
Peggy

...all lovely and jump out as interesting choices.

I like ALL the names but if you are going to use shortened versions why don’t you just give them as her actual name.

My favourite out of them all would be Jean. It’s a nice name and it’s unusual but not weird. I really like it.

None of them.

I like all of them but probably Jean best of all. Morag sounds nice in a Scottish accent but not in a London one (I think).

Jean Charlotte sounds much better than Margaret Charlotte.

They’re all ghastly. Sorry. All old lady-ish with an ugly sound especially Morag.

Also I really don’t see the point of giving a child a name and then immediately deciding what the nickname will be. Just call her the nickname 🤔

Jeannie is GORGEOUS 😍

I think they’re all pretty bad.

But I cannot believe anybody would consider calling a child Morag. Awful

Also I really don’t see the point of giving a child a name and then immediately deciding what the nickname will be. Just call her the nickname 🤔

I definitely see the point in a longer name on the BC. Not in all cases, but generally, I definitely prefer names with options. Peggy when she's a baby / among close friends and family, Greta when she's a teenager / at work etc. Margaret for official forms and at her wedding.

I have a name like this. I would have hated having "Peggy" on my BC. It's so much better having options. I also love it when people don't know my full name as they're so used to my shorter version. It's a good conversation starter.

Also, since even a main member of this bonkers country's royal family got called "chavvy" for naming his son Archie, I can 100% see why people would avoid doing similar.

I think the problem with all three of these is that your DD will need to be beautiful, cool and somewhat fabulous to carry them off

I totally disagree. And the op lives in East London. You HAVE to be cool there. It is actually the law. Little known legal fact there. You're welcome .

I made the point earlier though, that I'd rather be a pretty wee flowery Morag than a badass tomboy called Ella-Bella-Amelia-Rosabella-Lilliana-Mae or whatever.

One thing I like about these names is that not many children are called them. They will actually identify the child.

CruCru I think you're right, I've been asking friends/colleagues with London accents to say Morag and it's not as nice! It is harsher, more like MoRAG. So it might be being ruled out (Although I've discovered it sounds nice in New Zealand, Italian and Czech accents, and particularly harsh in an East Midlands one!)

Maggie or Margot as a standalone name is a great suggestion! Margot is pretty similar to Morag too, without the issue of sounding unpleasant in certain accents. Margot Jean would be a lovely name!

I am Scottish and also say MoRAG. Always considered it a bit affected to say it any other way unless you were actually a Gaelic speaker.

I find the English say MaaaaawRAG in a particularly awful way.

Margaret is lovely but Morag and Jean are horrible

Piggywaspushed That's interesting! I would put the emphasis at the beginning like Katie Morag? (I'm not explaining it well I don't think! My accent is quite "sing-songy" I suppose and that's just how it comes out!) Didn't realise it could be said in so many ways!

LostInTheColonies Morven is lovely but we already have one in the wider family so it's out, unfortunately!

I think the problem with all three of these is that your DD will need to be beautiful, cool and somewhat fabulous to carry them off

I totally disagree. And the op lives in East London. You HAVE to be cool there. It is actually the law. Little known legal fact there. You're welcome grin.

Not sure about cool, but my other children have unusual-but-not-weird names and they seem to pull them off ok DD1 could definitely have been a Peggy, which would have made this decision easier as Peggy and Jean as sisters I like a lot (she has a more unusual name, because she's my PFB )

I like Margaret best, an underused classic, I wonder why Elizabeth has survived as a popular name but not Margaret? There loads of brilliant historical and literary Margarets. Could also think of Meg (Little Women 😍) or Maggie. I do think Margaret Charlotte is not great though as both long and t-ish - maybe Margaret Jean or Margaret Jean Charlotte?

Then Jean as I like Jeanie

Don’t love Morag

I have a friend called Meg (short for Margaret) - she’s in her late thirties. It is a really nice name.