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Help[Opinions] Re: Bailey, Abigail and Maggie
in reply to a message by BabyNameAholic
Jemma looks like an unsuccessful attempt to feminise James. Anyway, Antonia has the proper spelling and looks and sounds beautiful.
Maggie is great as a nn for Margaret; the nice thing about Margaret is that if Maggie ever becomes over-used or unusable (a serial killer called Maggie Yoursurname who lives round the corner), there are plenty more nn options and the very acceptable full name itself to choose from.
Bailey sounds like an unfinished bay leaf and means a bailiff, so no. And Abigail has been megapopular for too long. The world doesn't need extra Abigails - it's got plenty.
So, my advice would be Margaret Antonia. Beautiful, familiar without being trendy, full of good nn possibilities.
As for James, it originated from the Latin form of Jacob, so Jacqueline is a fem form of James! As is Jacoba, for those who like it.
Maggie is great as a nn for Margaret; the nice thing about Margaret is that if Maggie ever becomes over-used or unusable (a serial killer called Maggie Yoursurname who lives round the corner), there are plenty more nn options and the very acceptable full name itself to choose from.
Bailey sounds like an unfinished bay leaf and means a bailiff, so no. And Abigail has been megapopular for too long. The world doesn't need extra Abigails - it's got plenty.
So, my advice would be Margaret Antonia. Beautiful, familiar without being trendy, full of good nn possibilities.
As for James, it originated from the Latin form of Jacob, so Jacqueline is a fem form of James! As is Jacoba, for those who like it.
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