what are other names for someone called Joan - could their birth name be Margaret?

Answer 1

Someone could be Margaret Joan and go by their middle name. That's the only way I can think of to get Joan from Margaret.

Answer 2

Short names for Margaret are:

Peggy
Peg
Meg
Maggie

I have never heard of Joan being short for Margaret.

Answer 3

You can't really get Joan from Margaret unless its a nickname or maybe a middle name

Answer 4

Jo for short, birth names could be Joanna, Joanah, Giovannina, Georgia, Georgina, Jolanda, Josalyn, Jorjanna, or Jonell, Johnna, Johanna. That's all I can come up with. The answer is yes to your question...her name could be Margaret Joan.

Answer 5

I knew a woman who went by Trudi, even though her given name was Margaret. Anything is possible.

That said, Joan is not really a nickname for Margaret. I'd say that it could be short for Johanna or Josephine Anne; or maybe a nickname for a fussier Jo-name - Josette, Joella.

Answer 6

Joan isnt short for anything.. it is a name.. if you like Margaret and Joan, why not go with
Margaret Joan, then she can use either name

Answer 7

I know someone named John Teitel that goes by Zack. he was named after someone speciall for his middle name 9that I don't know of), and his first name was tradition. but his parents wanted zack. Joan could be her middle name. Margaret Joan.

Answer 8

My name is Margaret. But some people get called Peggy, Maggie.

Answer 9

I don't think that Joan is really short for another name. It is a name all on it's own, although it's possibly short for Joanne?

Answer 10

I knew a girl in high school whose name was Margaret.
We called her Margie, with the hard "g" like in Green or anGry. I think it is a cute alternative!