MAGGIE  

Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of MARGARET
Meaning: "pearl"

Popularity in 2008: #214

Cute, earthy short form in style for a few decades now, still sometimes used as an independent name by such parents as Jon Stewart.

Variations:
Maggee, Magali, Maggy, Mag, Meggy, Maggia, Magli, Magi, Magie, Mags, Maguy, Maggey, Magge, Maggiemae, Maggi

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