Bobart is cracking me up hahaha
These nicknames were used at a time when 10% or so of all women were called
Mary and most of the others were
Anne,
Margaret or
Sarah. So they had to come up with kinds of odd nicknames to tell all of the Marys and Sarahs apart:
Mamie,
Molly,
Sally,
Sadie etc.
I like some of the nicknames (
Sally,
Maisie etc.) but I would use them on their own now, not as a nickname, because most people won't make the connection.
Peggy came from
Margaret ->
Marge ->
Meg ->
Peg ->
Peggy, I guess.
Megan is a Welsh pet form of
Margaret and Pegan is as well.
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