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May, Rita, Meta, Margot

Meg is my favorite nickname, while Maggie is another one I like.

Maggie, Mags, Mari (rhyme sari).

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I also like Peggy, but I don't really think of it as a nick for Margaret.

Maisie

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Meg and Mae are also cute. I loathe Maggie. It makes my skin crawl.

Greta, Madge, Meg, more

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Probably Greta although that feels more like a standalone name to me than the others.

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Madge / Midge are fun and seem natural to me but also antiquated.
Meg seems natural to me and more classic but still a little dated because of Megan's recent popularity.

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Also Mags has been growing on me. That one's the most current seeming to me, maybe.
I guess Peggy could be revived, too. It seems similar to Penny, which I like.

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Margot and Maisie are okay, but Margot sounds bossy to me, and Maisie seems saccharine. And those seem like standalone names.

This message was edited 2/2/2021, 10:48 AM

Greta, Maisie, Maggie, & Mae

Mars

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It’s just so nice.

Greta

I do like Margaux but I don't see it as a nickname for Margaret but a name in its own right. Margaret nn "Margaux" would seem odd and far-fetched to me. Same with Greta which is so popular on its own.

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To be honest I strongly dislike Margaret and can't think of a nickname I like either. As I said I like Margaux but Margaret nn Margaux would seem so odd to me I just couldn't do it. So I guess Meg?

Maggie

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And it's my daughter's name (not because I like the name Margaret, but it honours her late paternal grandmother who died young). So I chose Maggie as the nickname, it's used as her full name all of the time and her name is only officially Margaret on the birth cert.

Maggie

Margot

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... or Mage?

Meg, Maggie or Maisie / Maisy. I love all those options and love all of them as full names too.

Madge and Midge!

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I forgot that these names come from Margaret: this makes me appreciate Margaret a bit more now.

My grandfather’s cousin was known as Greta. Molly is also a version I like.

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Moll though reminds of the book Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.

This message was edited 2/2/2021, 2:35 AM

Maggie. It's a little simpering but the others are either too kitsch-y (Peggy, Midge), or sound like its own name (Margot, Greta).

Maggie or Margot. I’m not really a fan of Margaret, but I’m in the minority on BtN.

Margot

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But I'm also partial to Peggy.

Daisy or Greta.

Megan and Mae

Meg

I adore Daisy but am more likely to use Meg which I also really like.

I think my favorite nn for Margaret is semi-dated Margie. Midge is alright and kind of fun & spunky. Otherwise, most of the others I can think of, I prefer as standalone names vs. as a nn for Margaret, like Mae or Margo(t). In my search, though, I realized Maisie could also be a nn for Margaret & that is a cute idea.

This message was edited 2/1/2021, 8:41 PM

Miette!

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Everyone else was putting their choice in the subject line, I just had to to

This message was edited 2/2/2021, 5:55 PM

Megan and Daisy (if that counts?)