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I like the nns better than the names themselves. For Margaret, I like Daisy, Meg and Maisie. For Marguerite, I like Daisy and Margot. My overall fave nn is Daisy.

I really love Margaret and Margot. I think Margaret ekes out as the winner though.

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I really don't like Marguerite on the other hand. I don't like how it looks. I don't like how it sounds. I just don't like it.

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I don't think Margot needs a nickname, but Margaret might want one for at least occasional use. Mae is sweet, but I don't really get it as a nickname for Margaret. I sometimes like less intuitive or less standard nicknames myself though, so I could go with it. Maggie is cute up until about age 7. I feel like most girls would outgrow it by about then, although there are obviously exceptions. I could see myself using it as an "every so often" nickname. Mamie is definitely a no-go, in my opinion. It does bring to mind offensive depictions of Africans/African Americans/Blacks and racial slurs because it is so close to "mammy." Peggy is sooo homely to me. My favorite nickname, and the one I would use most often were I to name a child Margaret, is Meg. I would still use her full name a lot too though, because I really like it.

I've also been flirting with Margriet (Dutch) lately..

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I love them all!

I always go for Margaret. The only issue I've got with it is that where I live, the default nn is Margie, with a hard g rather than a j. I like both Maggie and Peggy, though I really don't think Margaret needs a nn.

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Marguerite seems silly if the family isn't at least somewhat French, and Margot has never appealed to me, with its air of suburban snobbery.

Margot is currently sitting pretty in my top three; I really do love this name and would definitely consider it for a future daughter. Most of the time I reckon I would use it without a nickname, but I have a burning love for Meg also, which I find really sassy and cool, so I could easily see myself using Margot as a full name with Meg as an occasional nickname.
Marguerite is my least favourite because I can't get passed the pizza.
Margaret I like but I don't think it's ready to come out of Granny-territory yet. Meg makes it more wearable, but as I said about I could easily use Meg as a nickname for the much more hip Margot.

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Margot is pretty common where I live. I kind of like it, but with this spelling only. Not Margo or Margaux or anything else.
I prefer Marguerite. It sounds more sophisticated than Margaret, which is more old fashioned.

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Mae is ok as a nickname. The other ones I really don't like, especially Mamie and Peggy.

This message was edited 10/9/2014, 1:39 AM

Marguerite!! Margaret is frumpy and Margot is clunky. But Marguerite is spunky. :)

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I like Mae and Maggie.
Other options
Mar
Margie (either with a hard g or a soft one)
Rita (for Marguerite)

I love Margaret! It's classic and timeless but not boring (in my opinion, at least). Marguerite is okay but I'm not big on the stressed "reet" sound. I hate Margot. It's such an ugly, plodding sound. Mar Go. And written down it reminds me of maggot.

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Mae, Mara, Mari, and Maisie are my favorite Margaret nicknames. I absolutely can't stand Maggie, sorry. Again, way too maggoty.

I love Margaret, like Margot and dislike Marguerite.

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I love a bunch of nicknames for Margaret, that is part of the beauty of the name for me. Mae, Daisy, Greta and Maisie are my absolute favourites. I do like Margot as a nickname for Margaret, better than as a full name itself (I like options :p), but not as much as the nicknames I listed previously.

I love the name Margot! Margaret is also a nice name with Maggie, Mae, or Mamie as a nickname. I think Peggy might be a little dated, but in the end, it's your choice!

For me, Margaret and Marguerite are both sophisticated, distant and aloof.
Margot has a whole different vibe, being friendly and both sweet and tangy. I like this one best, but way way better without the silent T. Some people said "margot" is close to "maggot". Margo isn't though :)

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The only nicknames I really like for them is Meg. I like Mig too, but that's from a book as a nn for Margaret and I've never heard it anywhere else so maybe it doesn't count.

I absolutely adore Marguerite and would seriously consider bestowing it on a future daughter.

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I'm also fond of Margaret and Margot, but Marguerite is unrivaled in her glimmering resplendence.

This message was edited 10/8/2014, 10:34 AM

I'd choose Margot, it seems more lively than the others.
Greta and Mared are my favourite Margaret nns, but I prefer them as full names.
I've known two Marguerites, both elderly and both really interesting, intelligent women, so it's a name I have a good impression of, but I think it's a bit too fancy for me. One of them always went by Daisy - not sure you could get away with that nowadays - and the other was sometimes Margi, with a hard g.

Margeurite by a mile. I think it's, on the right person, sleek and yes, retro, and elegant and little bit femme-fatale. At the same time, it wouldn't look too adult on a teenager (on a child, maybe, but that would be a passing phase) and if the bearer didn't grow up to be elegant and sleek and femme-fatale-y, it'd still suit them, it wouldn't look silly. Anyway, I love it. It would be great as a fn or mn.

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Margot, well, I prefer Margaux, simply because it looks less like Maggot. But I guess it also looks less fresh and more pretentious. Anyway, it's more mn than fn material for me.

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Margaret, I should like. I've known some wonderful Margarets in my time. I just find it dull.

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I don't think any of them need a nickname. And even though you've said otherwise, I think if you were to give Marguerite a nn, Margaux would be the way to go.

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Margaret "Peggy" wouldn't work very well here in the UK, at least at the moment. Too much of a vibe of a famous shrill character from a famous gloomy soap. But give it ten years, and that'd probably be forgotten, I guess. I still don't like it.

Margot no nickname is my personal favorite. Margaret has always seemed dingy to me, and Marguerite isn't any better. Had my mother named me one of those I probably would have picked Mae as a nickname. Or possibly Midge or Greta.

I prefer Margaret though spelled as Margret

I find Margaret dull, boring and dated. And I think of Margaret Thatcher and Maggie Smith.
Marguerite is even worse. And it's complicated to spell, and it reminds me of baguettes.
I've recently started to like Margot though. I like it enough to have it on my PNL. I think it's sweet and has a younger feel thant he other two so this is my favorite.
I don't really like any of the nicknames.

I can't get into Margaret. I don't know what it is, because I like the elements of it - the sounds within it all appeal to me. But I just can't shake the feeling that it's boring. Same with Margot. I want to see it as classy and sleekly chic, which it is, but instead it turns into a disappointing shrug. Marguerite is juuuuust beginning to become pretty to me. I'm starting to play with it as a middle name and that appeals occasionally, so I think I'd pick Marguerite as the version I prefer.

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That being said, I really love the nicknames Madge and Midge. I might use Marguerite as a first name simply to use those, I like them so much!

I really like Marguerite, it's beautiful and elegant and if I was going to use it I'd just use it in full and no nickname.
Margaret is boring as hell, and Margot is attractive but I prefer Marguerite or even Margarita.

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Mamie sounds like a slave name to me. Peggy is a sixty-year-old schoolteacher name. Mae/May is cute but if I wanted to use it that much I'd just use it and not make it short for anything.

I am not a huge fan of any of them, but if I had to choose, I think Margaret is the best of the three. I just don't find Marguerite any kind of an improvement over Margaret, in English-speaking countries, and I particularly dislike Margot. I don't like names that end in the O sound.

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I don't like any nicknames for Margaret except Meg. I really dislike Peggy. Makes me think of a pig.

This message was edited 10/8/2014, 6:31 AM