Speculation on why some Margarets are called Peggy

[swag]

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_268.html

Excerpt:

Margaret has spawned an amazing variety of names, some of which you wouldn't connect with the original in a million years. For example: Margot, Marguerita, Rita (!), Greta, Gretel, Gretchen, Marjorie (originally Margery), Margie, Maggie, Madge, May, Maisie, Daisy (!!), Maidie, Meg, and Mog. As for Peg, one historian writes, "the nicknames Mog and Meg later gave rise to the rhymed forms Pog(gy) and Peg(gy)."

[LaraMN]

1. Yet, there are still no "Pegret"s.

People are just no damn good.

[jonnyblitz]

2. I have a great aunt who's name is margaret who is called

Margie (hard g as in goat, not the j sounding g). I am not sure if this is an old school nick of that name or just a backwoods Maine thing or just a wierd family quirk because I have never heard of it except my great aunt.

[redwitch]

4. I have a friend with the same name. I had never heard of another.

n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. My grandmother is a Margaret who will absolutely choke you to death

if you call her Peggy. :hi:

[azmouse]

5. My mom is a Margaret who goes by Peggy

My grandmother was also a Margaret but she was called Mag.