Message: "The name Peg" - Behind the Name

The name Peg

by Ian (guest)

8/20/2003, 3:29 AM

How has Peg become a short form of the name Margaret?

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- Caprice (guest) +1

8/20/2003, 1:44 PM

Margaret become Maggie, which become Meggie, which was shortened to Meg. Many people likes to rhyme nicknames (like Andy-Pandy), and so Peg was born. (Polly is usually a nn for Mary. Probably someone was called Molly-Polly or something like that.)

- Dick (guest)

3/11/2004, 2:25 PM

Wow! I've always wondered about that. Now my sleepless nights can finally cease.

Actually, anyone who read that post is dumber for having seen it, or something like that.

Thank you,

Bye-Bye

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