Details for the forename Meg

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Meg (female)


Variants:	Greta (F) Madge (F) Mag (F) Meggy (F) Peg (F)
Pet Name(s):	Meggie (F)
Pet Name for:	Margaret (F)
Derivative(s):	Meagan (F) Meaghan (F) Megan (F) Meghan (F) Megs (F) Peig (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and Scottish pet name for Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl". The Welsh name Megan and its spelling variants were probably derived from Meg.