Daisy as a pet name

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Bervonian
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Post by Bervonian » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:09 pm

Just to be a pedant ! My Chambers Dictionary has the following:

Daisy: a translation of the French Marguerite, a Marguerite being the ox-eye daisy or other single chrysanthemum. (Fr., daisy - Gk. margarites, pearl).

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jennyblain
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Post by jennyblain » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:00 pm

In my family there were Margarets known as Maggie, Peggy and Daisy - important when there were so many Margarets about!

Jenny
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ninatoo
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Post by ninatoo » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:07 am

And don't forget Rita! My Mum is a Margaret but has always been called Rita, again due to the many Margarets in the family.

Nina
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wini
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Daisy as a pet name

Post by wini » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:33 am

Margaret seems to have many pet names

Daisy
Rita
Peggy
Pearl
Maggie
Greta

6 that I know of

wini
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HeatherH
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Post by HeatherH » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:47 pm

Hi there ,
The name Daisy is of Old English origin and its meaning is Days Eye .It is often used as a diminutive for Margaret as in France the Daisy is called a Marguerite .
Happy Hunting,
HeatherH

PS a good site for other dimunitives (though you won't see Daisy here is ...

http://www.nireland.com/anne.johnston/Diminutives.htm
Looking for ...but not limited to Haldane ,Keir ,McLauchlan ,Walker ,Torrance , Reid ,Clark ,Johnstone ,Holmes ,Laurie ,Lawrie ,Strachan , McIlwee ,Welsh ,Queate ,Stewert ,McNight ,Steele ,Cockburn ,Young ....whew! That's more than enough for now.
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HeatherH
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Post by HeatherH » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:53 pm

Hello again,
In one of the above posts its mentioned Polly as a diminutive of Mary . My great aunt was called Polly but christened Mary so I decided to have a look and see if I could find an explaination as to how this came about .It seems Polly is of English and Irish origins and is a varient of Molly which is a diminutive for Mary .All I know is Great Aunt Polly sure kept me busy trying to find her in the BMDs and Census :lol:
Happy Hunting,
HeatherH
Looking for ...but not limited to Haldane ,Keir ,McLauchlan ,Walker ,Torrance , Reid ,Clark ,Johnstone ,Holmes ,Laurie ,Lawrie ,Strachan , McIlwee ,Welsh ,Queate ,Stewert ,McNight ,Steele ,Cockburn ,Young ....whew! That's more than enough for now.
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