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Magaidh (female)

Variants:Maggie (F) Peigi (F)
Pet Name for:Mairead (F) Mairghead (F) Margaret (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish Gaelic pet name for Mairghead/Mairead, the Gaelic forms of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl". Hence a variant of Maggie.
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