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Margaret "Meg" is the most obvious choice to me, besides using just Meg, which is what I like the best.

I love it, it always reminds me of the free spirited Margaret "Meg" from Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility

Margaret seems the obvious choice. I like it, and Meg and Megan, but the Thatcher association is a bit off-putting.

Other than Megara / Megaera, I'm not sure how you can achieve this unless you use Margaret or Marguerite.

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Personally, I really like Meg. It's one of my top two favorite nns for Margaret (the other is Daisy). My mom was Margaret (nn Margie) so I've considered using it in the past.

This message was edited 4/26/2014, 9:04 AM

I have two main associations with Meg: Meg March from Little Women and Meg Griffin from Family Guy. In Meg March's case it's short for Margaret, and in Meg Griffin's case it's short for Megan. Both associations are pretty positive to me, so I do like the name.

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Meg can definitely work as a nickname for Margaret.

I like Margaret "Meg" a lot. I'm also a fan of Maggie or Margaret in full.

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I like Megan. That said, Margaret is far superior.

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I know one Meg and she's like 24? I think. Her real name is Meaghan (and she is convinced this is the Irish spelling of Megan). She is one of the most unpleasant people I've ever met but I'm trying not to let that ruin the name for me.

This message was edited 4/26/2014, 8:46 AM

That's my daughter's name :)

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Margaret "Meg" She's only ever been called Meg, it fits her very well. It wasn't even my first choice for a Margaret nickname (I wanted to call her Margie!), but that was just who she was! I happen to like Megan a lot too, though. She gets called Megan often enough accidently or by people who assume that's her full name. I rarely correct them because, like I said, I like Megan a lot too. I've been thinking of starting to call her that some of the time.

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She's only 1 1/2, so haven't had too much exposure to people learning her name. I'm curious to see how it will go when she goes to school. So far the only "problem" I've had are people thinking I said her name was "May." If they find out her full name is Margaret usually they say "oh" in a surprised way, or they say "Oh, like in Little Women?!" Ha.

This message was edited 4/26/2014, 8:16 AM

I love Margaret "Meg." I know several people of various ages by this name.

Well, there's Megara, I guess. Also Marguerite, but Marguerite is so beautiful I'd hate to see it knocked down to Meg. I just don't like Meg at all, the sound is unattractive, and I agree with a character in an E. L. Doctorow book I once read. The narrator was telling his mother about his new playmate Meg. His mother kind of turned up her nose at the name and he says "Well, her real name's Margaret." And the mother says "Meg is the name for a scullery maid."

I like Meg. It's the only nickname for Margaret that I do like. But while I like Meg a lot, I'm lukewarm on Margaret. That's the reason I'd never have a Margaret nn Meg. I hate nicknames used as full name but I also wouldn't use a full name I didn't love to get to a nickname that I love or like. So the question is, how do you feel about Margaret? If you don't love it, I'd give up on the idea.

Meg is a sweet name. I really like Megan "Meg." Margaret is too stuffy for me personally, but it's a classic and it lends itself to the nickname Meg easily. I like Meg on its own, but if you want a full name for it, it sounds like Margaret is probably your best bet unless you don't mind using a diminutive of Margaret as a full name with Meg as the nickname. Margo / Margot "Meg" could work. I really like Margo.

Margaret is one of my favorite names! And I love Meg as a nickname. :)

I don't care for Meg at all. What about Madgalena or Mahogany with Meg as a nickname?