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The N- nicknames came from people using the affectionate term "Mine"-- like "Mine Ed" would become "my Ned".
Peggy from Margaret-- I always explain this to my non-namenerds friends as "back when there were only like 7 names to pick from, people had to come up with more nicknames, so they used names that rhymed." Also how we got Dick from Richard, Bob from Robert. Now, why "Peggy" is one that stuck... no idea.
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Peggy from Margaret-- I always explain this to my non-namenerds friends as "back when there were only like 7 names to pick from, people had to come up with more nicknames, so they used names that rhymed." Also how we got Dick from Richard, Bob from Robert. Now, why "Peggy" is one that stuck... no idea.
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