I just found out that the name "Peggy" is somehow derived from "Margaret"... could anyone explain to me how this came to be?
Thanks,
Garr.
2006-12-23 08:15:01 · 7 answers · asked by big_garr_2002 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
This is probably silly, but according to something I read on the internet it could have something to do with a poem.
Regarding the question about how Peggy derived from Margaret, which, in French, Marguerite, means Daisy. Daisy historically (until this century) has been a common diminutive of Margaret, and in the fifteenth century Marguerite d'Anjou, wife of England's Henry VI, used the daisy as her personal symbol.
An anonymous poem:
In search from A to Z they passed,
And "Marguerita" chose at last;
But thought it sound far more sweet
To call the baby "Marguerite."
When grandma saw the little pet,
She called her "darling Margaret."
Next uncle Jack and cousin Aggie
Sent cup and spoon to "little Maggie."
And grandpapa the right must beg
To call the lassie "bonnie Meg."
From "Marguerita" down to "Meg,"
And now she's simply "little Peg."
- Anonymous
Could this be the reason...?
2006-12-23 10:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by Valєηtiηa ☆ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was a trend "back in the day" of Ms converting to P. In the same way we got Mary --> Molly --> Polly, we got Margaret --> Meg --> Peg. Also, did you know that Daisy is a nickname for Margaret, too? It's because one of the traditional names for the daisy was the marguerite. True fact!
ETA: Now that I read the other answers, I see you've been told this about a zillion times. But it's still true!
2006-12-23 15:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by Charlotte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never underestimate human ingenuity. Margaret has spawned an amazing variety of names, some of which you wouldn't connect with the original in a million years. For example: Margot, Marguerita, Rita (!), Greta, Gretel, Gretchen, Marjorie (originally Margery), Margie, Maggie, Madge, May, Maisie, Daisy (!!), Maidie, Meg, and Mog. As for Peg, one historian writes, "the nicknames Mog and Meg later gave rise to the rhymed forms Pog(gy) and Peg(gy)." Can't say as I know a lot of Poggies, and can't say as I want to. But you see how Grandma Margaret wound up with Peg.
2006-12-23 12:22:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I guess because "meg" is from Margaret and it rhymes with "peg"
my husbands mom is Elizabeth but goes by betty
explain that one
2006-12-23 11:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by cranky_gut 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I sure don't know but I have an aunt that's real name is Margret but we all call her Peggy
2006-12-25 10:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered that too. Good question!
2006-12-23 09:06:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jilli Bean 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Weird...? Hmmmm ? Get this, I have an uncle , his real name is Tom...... Everyone calls him Doug ...? Sarah, a distant aunt) is called Mable....? Richard is Dick OR Rick.....? Dont know why ?
2006-12-23 08:22:35 · answer #7 · answered by Missy 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It doesnt make any sense!!!!
2006-12-23 09:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by chinesefoodruleZ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋