Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just to clarify, we aren't going to name her Margaux. We thought about the longer version name just she'll have options when she's older. Margaux is the only name we like of the many options such as Margaret, Megan etc. Even still we wouldn't name her Margaux.

Aunt Maggie's name was Maggie.

If Aunt Maggie’s name was Maggie, I’d name her Maggie.

+1

OP my daughters name is Maggie - short for Margaret. She’s 12. So without my opinion at all I posed your question to her. What do you think about the name being the full name?

She said it might be weird because she figures when she’s older and like a business person on a zoom meeting people will call her Margaret. (This was new to me)


She loved the Margeaux and would love to meet a Maggie who had a different “long name”


Cousin issue: she and her cousin are 4 years apart and live in the the same town and see each other all the time and refer to each other as “cousin sisters” so it would be a huge issue. If they won’t be cousin sisters and they are so far apart in age - go for it she said it is YOUR baby.


- advice from a 12 year old

So so selfish. I am not even going to read another page. You know you are WRONG to even consider such a name. Okay, let me stop. I'll just say that Margaux is elegant and interesting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please please don't give her a nickname as the primary name. Everyone I know, including my mother (Molly) hated it. Everyone always asks them "what is your real name?" My mother was named after an aunt Molly whose real name was Maria (pronounced Mariah), but my grandparents liked the nickname only.

If you go with Margaux, spell it Margot instead, then it isn't exactly like your niece. That is the more classic French spelling anyway.

That's weird because I know several people named Molly ranging in age from 2 to 45ish and not one of them is actually named Margaret (which Molly used to be a nickname for). They're all just plain old Molly. I think your mom's issue is a generational thing - most of her peers named Molly probably truly were Margarets, but nowadays, that's not a thing.

Every current Molly I know is actually a Mary, but I wouldn’t do that to my kid. Name her what you’re going to call her. I go by my nickname, always have and always have wished it was my only name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about Biker?

Makes me laugh every time.

Going to need a backstory

I also share a name with my cousin. We have different first names---variants of each other---but the same nickname. We were named after different grandparents. Overall it has been fine, but I'm the older one, and I've always thought it was weird. When I've introduced people to my family at events (birthdays as a kid, S/Os when older), I can tell they do a double take. If the cousin never reverts back to the nickname it won't come up this way.

That said, family members who remember and the cousin herself may find it very weird. So bottomline is that yes, you can do it. Yes, it will be fine. But also yes, it is weird.

We have our kid the same name as my cousin. We didn’t consult anyone beforehand we just did it. My cousin loves it! She’s very flattered by it.

Anonymous wrote:Please please don't give her a nickname as the primary name. Everyone I know, including my mother (Molly) hated it. Everyone always asks them "what is your real name?" My mother was named after an aunt Molly whose real name was Maria (pronounced Mariah), but my grandparents liked the nickname only.

If you go with Margaux, spell it Margot instead, then it isn't exactly like your niece. That is the more classic French spelling anyway.

That's weird because I know several people named Molly ranging in age from 2 to 45ish and not one of them is actually named Margaret (which Molly used to be a nickname for). They're all just plain old Molly. I think your mom's issue is a generational thing - most of her peers named Molly probably truly were Margarets, but nowadays, that's not a thing.

Biker Jane

Anonymous wrote:Maggie Jane is sooooooo common. You are going to be disappointed.

Maggie Jane
Ella Rose
Lauren Grace

Blah blah blah

Yes using the cousins name is also wrong.

You sound trashy.

Maggie Jane is a perfectly fine name and if OP and her husband love it, then they should use it. There won't be any other Maggie Jane's out there in this child's generation.

*Personally, I would name my child Margaret/Magdalene/Magnolia/Magritte/whatever and use Maggie as a nickname, but you do you, OP!

Anonymous wrote:What about Biker?

Makes me laugh every time.

Anonymous wrote:If you can be named Margaux or Margaret and go by Maggie, then you can be named Maggie and go by Margaux or Margaret. If your name is Maggie Jane and you like Jane more than Maggie, you can go by Jane. You can go by M. Jane Smith. You can go by MJ. You can even be named Maggie Jane and go by Skippy. You’re not limiting her options by naming her Maggie. Your niece isn’t named Maggie and she hasn’t been going by Maggie for years. The name has very special meaning for you and your dh (and other relatives, because of Aunt Maggie). Use it. It’s a great name and one that could definitely be used in the workplace 30 years from now. (Who’s going to judge her informal name? Jaxxon? Please.)

Congratulations.

100% agree. Give the baby the name you love. Not the formal name you don’t really like just to get the nn you love.

Anonymous wrote:No, she needs a full name as an option as she grows up. I would do Margaret, but you could actually get away with Mary or Madeline and use nn Maggie. What was aunt Maggie's full name? Or use Maggie as a middle name.

I’m sure even Rod Stewart’s Maggie May had a full name. I hate a nickname as a proper name. I’d always ask her what’s her full name. Go with Margaux if you have to. In my family we all use the same names - wasp family. All Bill and John and Catherine’s, etc. big deal if a relative has the same name. I don’t get it. I know Jewish people have some rule against it. But most people I know have family members with same names.

Name her Maggie

Anonymous wrote:What about Biker?

??? As a profession? As a name?