Favorite girls nickname?

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-25-2005
Favorite girls nickname?
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Sun, 09-25-2005 - 6:06pm

Favorite girls nickname?



  • Rory (Short for Aurora)
  • Kate (short for Katherine)
  • Lizzy (short for Elizabeth
  • Beth (short for Elizabeth)
  • Nell (short for Eleanor)
  • Ella (short for Eleanor)
  • Maggie (short for Margaret)
  • Meg (short for Margaret)
  • Daisy (short for Margaret)
  • Josie (short for Josephine)


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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-16-2005
Sun, 09-25-2005 - 9:58pm
Daisy short for Margaret???

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-06-2005
Mon, 09-26-2005 - 8:28am

I'm not Ali, but I can explain Daisy from Margaret... Margaret is the English name, Marguerite is the French form of Margaret and there's the Marguerite daisy. It's actually got a bit of history as a nickname for Margaret/Marguerite (and all other forms of Margaret); Marguerite d'Anjou, wife of England's Henry VI, used the daisy as her personal symbol.

And to Ali, I voted for Josie. I'm biased, I have a 15 month old Josephine but Daisy ismy second favorite off your list. If I have another girl, she'll be Marguerite/Daisy!

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2004
Tue, 09-27-2005 - 12:04pm
I know a Josie (Josephine) & she's the cutest little girl I've ever seen!