2006-12-05 06:17:10 · 25 answers · asked by reciprokatie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
margaret, i don't know why
2006-12-05 06:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by Faith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a pet name for 'Margaret'. It's not really an abbreviated form of the name, as such. I have no idea why Margaret became Peg, or Peggy, but that's what it is, as far as I know.
2006-12-05 15:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by Sinead C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margaret
My late MOM- in- law was called' Peggy'
Her real name being Margaret
I have several friends called Peg or Peggy
and they are all Margaret's .
Hope that helps
>^,,^<
2006-12-05 14:31:56 · answer #3 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margaret
2006-12-05 14:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by aarondarling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margaret
2006-12-05 14:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Auntie Peggy was named 'Margaret' by her parents... I think when the priest said "I name thee Margaret" it was the last time anyone ever called her Margaret!
Why didn't they just call her Peggy in the first place!?
(I've never been called my 'given' name by my family - though my mother said she chose it because it couldn't be shortened!)
2006-12-05 18:06:16 · answer #6 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a variation of Margaret and sometimes even a nickname for it, but it's not an abbreviation.
2006-12-05 14:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by MyThought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually - Margaret
2006-12-05 14:21:14 · answer #8 · answered by hoosiergal0946 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margaret.
A kind of complicated explanation:
In Scots Gaelic the initial consonant in the aspirated forms of names/words beginning with b,m or p can be vaguely similar, which in a mixed language--verbal not written--environment allows Margaret to change to Mag(gie), then vary to Mag/Meg, then to Mheg ("vegg"), then to Peg(gie), thus making it not so much a nickname as a long-winded multi-stage variation.
2006-12-05 14:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name Peggy NOT the abbreviation of any other name.. Who told you it was???
2006-12-05 14:22:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's an abbreviation of Margaret (don't ask me why)!
2006-12-05 16:22:10 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋