In a message dated 11/26/01 9:43:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, mnyhours@dsicomputers.com writes: << Is Marjorie or Margorie a nickname? What is it 'maybe' "short" for? >> I don't think so. It is my mother's name, and it may be a variant of Margaret, but not a nickname for it. The nicknames are usually Marge and Margie. My mother never particularly liked the name....I told her should have gone for Jorie in her youth. In her family Jody is a nickname for Joseph. My daughter's names are Margaret (we worked backward from Maggie so if she wanted an adult name some day....) and Megan. (also maybe variant of Margaret). My mother says we gave both our daughters the same name, and I say yeah.....we named them after you <smile> Janet Hunter