PEGGY  

Gender: F
Origin: English, diminutive of MARGARET

Still carries the perky, pug-nosed prom-queen image it had from the 1920s into the fifties; rarely used for babies today.

Variations:
Pegg, Peggi, Pegeen, Peggie, Peg

International Variations:
Peigi (Scottish Gaelic)

Peggy is being discussed in our message boards:

• What are your first thoughts?
• Hattie, Peggy and Flossy
• I'm going to go insane! Nn for Charlotte
• what are your opinions on these names?
• Alphabet Babies

Read Nameberry blog posts about Peggy:

• HIPPER THAN HIPSTER
• HELLO DOLLY: Names from the Doll World
• PRINCESS NAMES
• UNDERRATED NAMES
• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: From Ailsa to Angus