I'm reading the Alvin Maker series, and I was wondering about Peggy's name. How do you go from Margret to Peggy? No one in my family knows, and I can't figure it out. Anyone know?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It's not much odder that Dick for Richard, or Ted for Edward.
I get it now. My brother had the same idea, but it was more confusing.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I always thought Ted was for Theodore.
-pH
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It is. But it can also be for Edward, as in Ted Kennedy.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Babynames.com lists "Margaret" as Latin, meaning "A pearl", and Peggy as being Celtic/Gaelic. It may be some sort of linguistic transition between languages, or a misheard consonant.
Addition: "Peigi" is apparently Celtic for "pearl". So the Latin is Margaret, the Celtic is Peigi, or Peggy... And one becomes synonymous with the other.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Also, why is Bob the more common nickname for Robert, instead of Rob?
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
And my name is Matthew, but for some reason everyone calls me Jackass.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
I don't get it, either. People make strange jumps between given names and nicknames, though. For example, my first name is Melissa, but I go by my middle name. Everybody I meet just assumes that Libbie is a short form of Melissa that they've just never heard before until I show them my driver's license.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
The Libby I know is short for Elizabeth, which seems pretty straightforward. I'm not sure how you'd get Libbie from Melissa, but I suppose stranger things have happened.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Libby can also be short for Lisbeth, or a given name in its own right.
And in Hebrew (well, it would be Leeby, but close enough) it means "my heart." Posted by crystal-city (Member # 9687) on :
Does anyone know how you get Sally as a nickname for Sarah?
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