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Revision as of 21:26, 26 June 2015 by 12.148.2.118 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Most commonly a diminutive of the female given name Margaret. Sometimes spelled "Peggie".
The origin of the name "Peggy" dates back to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. Upon beginning her current reign as the Queen, and by decree of her grace - Queen Elizabeth II stated that all those who are born with the given name of "Margaret" shall henceforth be nicknamed "Peggy" for short. The reasoning is rumored to have been due to the fact that a distant cousin of the Queen was named "Margaret" and had been very rude to her during their childhood.
Beyond this, Peggy may refer to:
- Peggy (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill
- Peggy (given name), people with the given name Peggy
- Mitsubishi Ki-67, an Imperial Japanese Army heavy bomber during the Second World War given the Allied code name "Peggy"
- USS Peggy (SP-1072), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
- Peggy of Castletown, a surviving eighteenth century schooner on the Isle of Man
- Peggy (Discover Card), advertising character
- Peggy (album), a 1977 album by Peggy Lee
- Peggy (film), a 1916 silent film comedy drama
- Peggy, Texas
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Peggy
- All pages with titles containing Peggy
- Peg (disambiguation)
- Piggy (disambiguation)
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