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what other nick names for margaret??

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 13:51

so far i have maggie, mags, peggy, meg, megan, madge, greta. my mum says daisy is one too but i've never heard that one before!!

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MrsBadger · 22/02/2008 14:24

anna? zanna?

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 14:27

oh yes and hannah could be and sanna. i quite like zuzu.

naily, no this is for my hypothetical girl baby!

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tiredemma · 22/02/2008 14:35

are you pregnant?

Volkl · 22/02/2008 14:36

margie

Megglevache · 22/02/2008 14:39

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RustyBear · 22/02/2008 15:48

Shanna?
(For Susanna, obv.,not Margaret!)

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 17:51

no not pregnant!! for a hypothetical baby girl!

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themildmanneredjanitor · 22/02/2008 17:52

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 17:53

well i am known to be a bit on the strange side ....

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Flibbertyjibbet · 22/02/2008 17:56

My mum and one of my sisters are both called Margaret. Thats what they get called, they never had anyone using nicknames.
My friends sister however gets called Mags by the family, bleughgghggh

pointydog · 22/02/2008 18:01

In scotland, Maigret (ending with glottal stop natch)

lottiejenkins · 22/02/2008 18:01

My niece is a Margaret, we either call her Meg or Meggles or Meggie

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 18:04

how old is she? does she like her name? that is what i would be most worried about. that a child of today would think it terribly old fashioned.

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lottiejenkins · 22/02/2008 18:14

Shes 13 now and seems to like her name, what she doesnt like is if someone calls her Megan........ she quickly responds "my name is Margaret Rose" she was named after her paternal grandmother who died before she was born.

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 18:17

is she called margaret at school etc?

my baby would also be named after her grandmother.

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pointydog · 22/02/2008 18:19

I don't thinkl anyone would get stick for being called Margaret. It's no more old-fashioned than half the names nowadays

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lottiejenkins · 22/02/2008 19:17

She is called Meg at school or Meggles (one of her teacher thought of it re Muggles in Harry Potter)

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 19:22

i remember at my school the teachers would only call you by your proper name

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Lulah · 22/02/2008 20:14

have aunt called KITTY real name margaret

margoandjerry · 22/02/2008 20:20

I love Margaret. My DD's middle name is Margot. I love all those names and I don't think they are too old fashioned. In fact I think they are coming back into fashion. Also love Marguerite.

notmyrtle · 22/02/2008 20:47

I have a friend who is at the top of three generations of Margarets - she's known as Marge, her daughter Daisy & granddaughter is Peggy. I think it is a brilliant name.

lottiejenkins · 23/02/2008 11:49

Have just checked a hunch and was correct, Keeley Hawes(Ashes to Ashes) has a daughter called Maggie...........

peaceinourtime · 16/10/2023 09:12

Marg, it’s a bit middle woman though

JohnThorntonsOverbearingMother · 16/10/2023 12:42

peaceinourtime · 16/10/2023 09:12

Marg, it’s a bit middle woman though

Are you a Marg by any chance?

Intrigued to know why a thread from 2008 has been resurrected.