New Post
Search
HelpRe: Bob & Bill & Peggy
in reply to a message by RB Constance
Bobart is cracking me up hahaha
These nicknames were used at a time when 10% or so of all women were called Mary and most of the others were Anne, Margaret or Sarah. So they had to come up with kinds of odd nicknames to tell all of the Marys and Sarahs apart: Mamie, Molly, Sally, Sadie etc.
I like some of the nicknames (Sally, Maisie etc.) but I would use them on their own now, not as a nickname, because most people won't make the connection.
Peggy came from Margaret -> Marge -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy, I guess. Megan is a Welsh pet form of Margaret and Pegan is as well.
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
These nicknames were used at a time when 10% or so of all women were called Mary and most of the others were Anne, Margaret or Sarah. So they had to come up with kinds of odd nicknames to tell all of the Marys and Sarahs apart: Mamie, Molly, Sally, Sadie etc.
I like some of the nicknames (Sally, Maisie etc.) but I would use them on their own now, not as a nickname, because most people won't make the connection.
Peggy came from Margaret -> Marge -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy, I guess. Megan is a Welsh pet form of Margaret and Pegan is as well.
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
Archived Thread - replies disabled
2