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[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

What are names that could have Maggie as a nickname? What do you think of Maggie as a given name?

Same questions with Tammy instead.

Thanks. =)

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[jaydestarlight.livejournal.com]

maggie would be short for magdalena.

tammy would probably be short for tamora.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Margaret is often shortened to Maggie.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

I love Magdalena... thanks. I thought of Magdalene(which I love but probably wouldn't use) but didn't even think of that. Thanks!

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

I really dislike the name Margaret. That's the problem. I love the name Maggie but don't like Margaret. =(
Thanks though.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Margaret
Magdalena
Marguerite
Margo/Margeaux
Magnolia

Tamara

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

Magnolia! :)

[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

I like Maggie just the way it is.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

I actually love that name and don't know why. But I'd be more tempted to call Magnolia "Nolie" or something like that. Hmm. I'll think about this. Thanks. =)

[giveitfullheart.livejournal.com]

Magenta! lol just kidding...lol... I think Maggie as a given name is just fine!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I've never liked the name Maggie. It reminds me of fat cows, and not in a good way. The one Maggie I knew was a sweet girl (on the thin side, too, if that matters), fun-loving and very much a leader, but I don't find the name professional at all. It just grates on my ears. =\

I second Magdalene. I've taken a liking to that name. :)

Tammy - Tabitha (a stretch), Tamara, Thomasina, Tamarind

[jadedsurprises.livejournal.com]

I know a Magenta! But no one calls her Maggie.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

Haha- AWESOME!
Hm... I definitely like just Maggie. But it still seems a little empty. I can't think of middle names that would go with it either.

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

My husband is stuck on Magdalena but with a Lena nickname.
I also like Magnolia and know one about 1 year old. It's really sweet.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

Betsy/Betty/Bessy and even Elizabeth does that for me. I really love Magdalene and Magdalena; I doubt if I had one I'd even want to call her Maggie. grrr.

Those names(-Tamara) sound very manly to me. Sad. I'm not sure how I feel about Tamara yet and I've had it in my mind for years.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

I knew a Michal who went by Maggie. I think it's fine as a given name, though, and I like it.

Tammy could be short for Tamara, Tamar, Tamsin, Tamora. I don't like it as a standalone, but I don't really like it as a nickname either.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

My kitty is Magnolia and we call her Maggie for short.

Margot (kind of a stretch) too.

[giveitfullheart.livejournal.com]

Well...yeah...it is hard to think of middle names for Maggie! I was thinking oh that's simple! Then when I started going through names, they didn't sound right! hmm..
Maggie Sofia? I kind of like that...

[jaydestarlight.livejournal.com]

i'm glad you like it!

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Margaret, Magda, Magdalena. I don't like it as a given name (but I do like it as a nickname for Margaret), though it could be worse.

Tamara? That's the only one I can think of. Tammy sounds so white trash to me.

[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

I've known a Megan that goes by Maggie.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I can't believe I didn't think of that. It's like the first and obvious suggestion, ha! I grew up with like 5 Megans who went by Maggie.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Saaame, on all of this. Had to laugh at the Betsy trio; I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't let go of that image. XD

I'd call Magdalene by her whole name, all the time. It's too beautiful to shorten.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My cousin Maggie is actually Marguerite (which was my grandmother's name, and Maggie's mom/my aunt's middle name... my grandmother went by Peggy).

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

It's a nn for Margaret, so you could use it for many variants of that:
Magali
Mairead
Mared
Margaid
Margareta
Margarita
Marged
Margherita
Margit
Margot/Margaux
Margreet
Marguerite
Margery
Megan
Mererid

or also:
Magdalene
Magdalena
Magdalina
Madnhild
Magnolia
Marigold

Sorry for repeats.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Forgot Tammy:

Tamar
Tamara
Tamaya
Tamin
Thomasina

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

*Tamin should be Tamsin

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

I used to have a friend who was Marjorie nn Maggie.
The first thing to come to my mind, though, was Megan... but I love the name Megan on its own so I wouldn't personally use Maggie as a nickname for it.

I know a few people who are just named Tammy/Tammie, not as a nickname for anything. I know it is a widely used nickname for Tamara. It could work for Thelma.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I looove Tamsin!

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

I have a friend named Megan who goes by Maggie or sometimes Meggie.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

tammy is ew all around. not to mention insanely dated.

maggie is wonderful. it is our dearly departed cats name, but i love it and if she hadnt been named that (i didnt name her) i would have it on my list.

margaret
marguerite
magnolia
magda

i am torn about it being a full name. i think it should be a nickname.

[stationerysets.livejournal.com]

_{i know a magdalena nicknamed as maggie, and she LOVES her name.}

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I like Maggie as a nickname for Magda or Magdalene.

Tammy I could only see as a nickname for Tamara, Tamsin, or maybe even Thomasina. My aunt's name is Tammi, and it's not short for anything.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I love Magdalena nn Lena. I know someone by this name

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Marguerite, but would never use it for a first name because of PEG. I hate Peg/Peggy and if someone ever called Marguerite "Peg" I would die. LOL.
I just don't understand how you can get Peg from Margaret or Marguerite...idk. I think those names are too nice to shorten to something like Peg. Maggie on the other hand, is adorable

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I love Thomasina, but could never think or anyting cute to shorten it to. Tammy is okay but not my fave.

[wowthatisminty.livejournal.com]

I know a Martha that goes by Maggie, but that could also be due to the fact that there weren't a lot of Marthas born in 1985...

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Margery, Margaret, Margene. I think it's cute, but not good as a given name.

Hate Tammy and can't think of any names it'd be short for.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Why?

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I feel that way about some names I love myself, and would just strongly diiscourage it.

[b-gum.livejournal.com]

i would shorten Thomasina to Tommi - i love "sounds like boy names but are really girl" names :)

[b-gum.livejournal.com]

i don't have any new names to add because i fall kinda in line with lots of others - Maggie short for Margaret and Tammy short for Tamara :)

I like Maggie - I'm not wild about Tammy but i like Tammey as a full name :)

[wowthatisminty.livejournal.com]

Well, Martha's a perfectly lovely name but I was born shortly after 1985 with an equally uncommon name for the 80s, and I didn't want to go by my name at all. I was coming up with all sorts of variants for my own name by the time I was six or seven. I wasn't tremendously close to Maggie but that might have been the situation with her (we only shared a year at college together because she had skipped a year in high school, went abroad my freshman year and graduated my sophomore year).