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Mags, Meg, Mag, Gigi

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Maggie is also a common short form of the English name Margaret and sometimes Magdalen and Marjorie

"Maggie May" is a traditional Liverpool folk song (Roud #1757) about a prostitute who robbed a sailor. It has been the informal anthem of the city of Liverpool for about 150 years.

Maggie the Macaque, a monkey from the Bowmanville Zoo (Toronto) known for making hockey predictions on television

"Maggie", a nickname for the aircraft carrier, HMCS Magnificent

Maggie, a female elephant at the Alaska Zoo

"Maggie", a nickname for the Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club for members of St. John's College, Cambridge, UK

Maggie, in Australian English, a magpie

Famous real-life people named Maggie: | Edit

Maggie Grace, American actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
Maggie Q, Hawaiian actress
Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
Maggie Tabberer, Australian fashion personality and the name behind the 'Maggie T' range
Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom
Maggie Wheeler, American actress
Jon Stewart's young daughter
Maggie Simpson, infant character on the popular animated show The Simpsons

Maggie in song, story & screen: | Edit

Written Word:
'Maggie: A Girl of the Streets', a novel by American author Stephen Crane
Maggie Tulliver, a character in George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss"
Maggie Sawyer, a police officer in the Batman and Superman comic books

Screen:
Maggie (TV series), a British series from the early 1980s
Maggie Simpson, a cartoon character in the television series The Simpsons
Maggie Doyle, popular character from the Australian Police drama Blue Heelers

Song:
"Maggie May (traditional song)", recorded as "Maggie Mae" by The Beatles
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie", a Bing Crosby recording (duet with son Gary) of the 1950s; a popular song of the 1890s, used in films through the 1940s; also an old Canadian song often thought to be traditional Irish
"Maggie's Farm", song by Bob Dylan
"I'll Never Be Your Maggie May", song by Suzanne Vega
"Little Maggie", song by Bob Dylan
"Little Maggie", song by Eric Weissberg & Deliverance
"Little Maggie", song by Ralph Stanley
"Little Maggie", song by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
"Little Maggie", song by Sean Hayes
"Little Maggie Mae", song by Sadie Shaw
"Maggie", song by Andy Stewart
"Maggie", song by Aoife
"Maggie", song by Arranmore
"Maggie", song by Barleycorn
"Maggie", song by Bryson Jennings
"Maggie", song by Catherine Feeny
"Maggie", song by Celestial Navigations
"Maggie", song by Celtic Orchestra
"Maggie", song by Chaos UK
"Maggie", song by Claire Hamilton & Inishkea
"Maggie", song by Colin Hay
"Maggie", song by Cracker
"Maggie", song by Darren Holden
"Maggie", song by De Danann
"Maggie", song by De Dannan
"Maggie", song by Foster & Allen
"Maggie", song by Francis Canning
"Maggie", song by Giveway
"Maggie", song by Golden
"Maggie", song by Jackie Martino
"Maggie", song by Jean Redpath
"Maggie", song by John Connolly
"Maggie", song by John McCormack
"Maggie", song by Julie Miller
"Maggie", song by Lee Alexander
"Maggie", song by Mark Stary & The Whiskey Roses
"Maggie", song by Michael McDermott
"Maggie", song by Oscar Brown, Jr.
"Maggie", song by Patrick Mulligan
"Maggie", song by Phil Coulter
"Maggie", song by Pierre Belmonde
"Maggie", song by St. Patrick's Day Players
"Maggie", song by Susan Aglukark
"Maggie", song by Tanglefoot
"Maggie", song by The Bachelors
"Maggie", song by The Barley Boys
"Maggie", song by The Bono Irish Experience
"Maggie", song by The Durutti Column
"Maggie", song by The Exploited
"Maggie", song by The Happy Birthday Singers
"Maggie", song by The Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford Quartet
"Maggie", song by The M's
"Maggie", song by The Mystic Seamen
"Maggie", song by The Shamrock Singers
"Maggie", song by The Wild Rover
"Maggie", song by Tim Story
"Maggie", song by Tom Rush
"Maggie", song by Trevors Nasser & Friends
"Maggie (Re-Recorded)", song by Redbone
"Maggie M'Gill (John Densmore / FredWreck Remix) Bonus Track", song by The Doors
"Maggie Mae", song by The Pietasters
"Maggie Mae", song by John Lennon
"Maggie Mae", song by The Irish Rovers
"Maggie Mae", song by The Pietasters
"Maggie Mae - the Pietasters", song by V/A - Liberation Records
"Maggie Mae - the Pietasters", song by V/A - Liberation Records
"Maggie Mae Peaches Heimann", song by Angie Heimann
"Maggie Mahoney", song by Seabird
"Maggie May", song by Hieroglyphics
"Maggie May", song by Wayne Armond
"Maggie May (Bonus Track)", song by Edwin McCain
"Maggie May (Single Version)", song by Rod Stewart
"Maggie's Dream", song by Don Williams
"Maggie's Reel", song by Al Petteway
"Maggie's Mule", song by Jalan Crossland
"Son of Maggie Mae", song by The Dave Graney Show
"Timid Maggie Mae", song by elsinore
"When you and I were young, Maggie" song James Austin Butterfield, George W Johnson, 1866, Seq. by Werner Tomaschewski
"Sleepy Maggie" Ashley MacIsaac, 1995