Jennifer or Peggy?

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Not for a real baby! A character in The Archers (Phoebe) has just had a baby and named her Margaret, but they plan to call her Peggy for everyday. This was Phoebe's great-grandmother's name. Peggy died earlier this year. Some listeners think Jennifer would have been better. That was Peggy's daughter's name, i.e Phoebe's Granny, who died two or three years ago. I think Jennifer is currently considered very dated, but Peggy is having a resurgence. Am I right?

Jennifer.

It's a nicer name and she was a nicer character.

if character named her baby Margaret but plan to call her Peggy, baby's name is Margaret. I like Margaret better than Jennifer or Peggy.

I liked the suggestion of Bryony as it was great-grandpa Brian’s birthday.

The name Bryony is not connected wth the name Brian in any way other than sound, and makes me think of a certain journalist. I don't like the name at all but it's better than Brianne.
I like the name Brian. Maybe Philandera might be a better name for honouring him.

Jennifer.
Peggy is a godawful name.

I've never listened to the Archers, but definitely think that we should have a few baby Jenny's in the next couple of years

Baby Jenny's what?

Jennifer makes me think of someone older than me, e.g. Jenni Murray, Jennifer Saunders

Margaret is elegant, but there were lots of them at school with my father, and in the local accent it tends to be 'Magret'.
Peggy is fine, as is Maggie.

Phoebe and Peggy are awful names. Margaret isn't suitable for a 21st century child. I'd choose Jenny, not Jennifer.

Margaret isn't suitable for a 21st century child.

Why not? Mrs T?

Margaret ties in better with the trend for 'old people's names' whereas Jennifer isn't old enough yet.
I prefer the name Jennifer though, and she was overall nicer as a character.

I know an 8 year old Peggy. I'm not keen personally it's very harsh sounding.

Margaret is a perfectly acceptable name. There are also lots of good diminutives.

I'm afraid I think Peggy is one of the worst options!

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I like Margaret-it’s got loads of lovely shortenings, although I don’t much like Peggy. I do think Jennifer would have been a better choice, though.

It did. Was corrected on another thread myself.

I can imagine Peggy becoming one of those newly cool, retro old-lady names. I've never liked the name Jennifer - not sure why.

If the name has to be abbreviated, my preference would be for Margo or Margot, followed by Daisy. I feel Margaret is generally better than any of its innumerable short/pet names, though. It's a name with an extremely long past, in use in these isles for centuries, like Mary, Katherine, Jane and Elizabeth, so I expect a revival in decades to come.

I like Jennie better than Jenny and Jennifer. Winston Churchill's mother was Jennie on her birth certificate, I believe.

Is it the g sound? I don't find that a problem, personally. My strongest association with the name Peggy is from Swallows and Amazons, my favourite children's books. She was Margaret on her birth certificate. Her sister was Ruth, but known as Nancy because they were Amazon pirates and had to be ruthless. Always liked that bit of wordplay.

(Odd that 40+ years of listening to Peggy Archer/Woolley has not made that the primary association.)

Peggy is an awful name and Peggy was an unpleasant person.

Bryonie would have been splendid, but they've already pulled that trick once by calling Pip Philippa after her grandfather Phil(ip).

Peggy. Because they were all supposed to be on a holiday paid for with Peggy's money.
And they were both great characters but I think you'd want your child to be more like Peggy than Jennifer...... she was tougher.

Jenny was pretty tough too but without the cold streak of her Mum.

After all Jenny had to cope with Brian's various daliencies (s?) including bringing up his love child. Then she was a single Mum back when it was very much not the done thing, had to cope with Alice and alcoholism etc.

Also, Kate ran away from home and Brian had to go and identify a body (not Kate), Debbie made a disastrous marriage, went to pieces when she then found out about Brian's affair with Siobhan and emigrated to Hungary, Adam spent half his life in Africa and then had a difficult relationship with Brian, Kate tried to abduct Phoebe and take her travelling round North Africa and after that failed left Phoebe in Ambridge and hightailed it to South Africa where she had two further children she effectively abandoned when she came back to Ambridge. Jennifer had many torrid times!

I absolutely love Peggy. It was my grandmother’s name and I wanted it for dd number 2 but DH vetoed it.