Peggy (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | nickname for Margaret |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Margaret, Margarita |
Peggy is a female first name (often curtailed to "Peg") derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret.[1] It is occasionally also a male nickname.
People
Writers
- Peggy Frew, Australian author
- Peggy Kornegger, American writer
- Peggy Noonan, author
- Peggy Parish, author
In entertainment
- Peggy Ashcroft, actress
- Peggy Cummins, actress
- Peg Entwistle, actress
- Peggy Knudsen, actress
- Peggy Lipton, actress
- Peggy McIntaggart, model
- Peggy Mount, actress
- Peggy Ryan, dancer
- Peggy Shannon, actress
- Peggy Wood, actress
- Baby Peggy, child actress of the silent film era
In music
- Peggy Gordon (singer), musical singer
- Peggy Lee, jazz singer
- Peggy March, pop singer
- Peggy Seeger, American folk singer
- Peggy Zina, Greek 'laika' singer
In sports
- Peggy Büchse, German long-distance swimmer
- Peggy Fleming, figure skater
- Jim O'Neil (ice hockey) (1913-1997), Canadian National Hockey League player
- George Peggy Parratt (1883-1959), professional football player
- Pedro (Peggy) Milard, famous xc runner and space racer
In politics
- Peggy Cabral, Dominican politician, diplomat and TV presenter
- Peggy Duff, British political activist
- Peg Luksik, Pennsylvania politician
- Peggy Nash, Canadian politician
Other
- Peggy Ahwesh, American video artist
- Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Samoan-New Zealand academic
- Peggy Hård, Swedish clerk
- Margaret "Peggy" Shippen, American Loyalist spy for the British and second wife of Benedict Arnold
- Peggy Spicer, New Zealand painter
- Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer, sister in law of Alexander Hamilton
- Peggy Whitson, American astronaut
Fictional characters
- Peggy Biggs, Mike & Molly
- Peggy Blackett, a character in Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" books.
- Peggy Bundy, in the American sitcom Married... with Children
- Peggy Carter, a Marvel Comics character
- Peg Gallagher, a character from the TV show Shameless
- Peggy Hill, in the American animated TV series King of the Hill
- Peggy Matsuyama (aka Momoranger), in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
- Peggy Mitchell, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Peggy Ollerenshaw, in Hi-De-Hi
- Peggy Olson, in the American TV series Mad Men
- Peggy Patch, a rag doll puppet in the BBC children's TV series Playdays
- Peggy, a Hunter × Hunter character
References
- ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Peggy". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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