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HelpRe: How did Margaret get the nickname Peggy?
in reply to a message by KK
TMyers has the facts below of the transition from Margaret to Peggy.
The reason there are so many nicknames for the classics like Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne, John, William etc...is because so many women and men were called these names in the past they had to "branch out" and invent nicknames to differentiate each individual.
In one household you could have three or four Margarets so one was called the full name, one was Maggie, a third was Meg and the youngest would be Peggy.
It's amazing how names have evolved from a short list of favourites to "anything goes" which defines today's naming practices.
The reason there are so many nicknames for the classics like Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne, John, William etc...is because so many women and men were called these names in the past they had to "branch out" and invent nicknames to differentiate each individual.
In one household you could have three or four Margarets so one was called the full name, one was Maggie, a third was Meg and the youngest would be Peggy.
It's amazing how names have evolved from a short list of favourites to "anything goes" which defines today's naming practices.
