Margot
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Margot was the name of Anne Frank's sister.
-- AndrewJKD 4/5/2005
My name is Margaret and my nickname was always Margot as a child. Margot sounds more powerful and substantial than Maggie and Peggy, which I disliked because they sounded so frivolous.
-- Anonymous User 8/18/2005
This name was held by Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the Royal Ballet, Margot Fonteyn.
-- Katya_4_Ever 5/15/2006
Also used in Sweden (not as common today) where the 't' is pronounced, MAR-gott.
-- Anonymous User 1/15/2007
I don't like this name because it looks too much like maggot. Nice name though.
-- 7up 2/10/2007
Margot Helen Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) from the movie The Royal Tenenbaums.
-- jalopy 7/13/2007
Also pronounced MAR-go in English, with the stress on the second syllable.
-- aquamarina 11/14/2007
I really like his name - maybe because it's mine. However, most people when reading my name out loud mispronounce it as mar-GOTT.
-- Anonymous User 6/12/2008
This is my name and I used to HATE it. Substitute teachers would always mispronounce it MAR-gott, and for some reason through elementary and middle school my classmates found that extremely hilarious. Now I don't get teased as much, once people get used to my name, and I think it is unique and powerful, and I love it.
-- margs66 12/13/2008
In Germany Margot is pronounced similar to the Swedish; MAR-gawt.
-- rainbow_Maya 7/14/2009
I love this name, reminds me of a very good looking woman.
-- coolcatevan9 11/3/2009
It looks too much like 'maggot'. ;/
-- Aureliano 1/10/2010
Snobby lady in the British TV series "The Good Life" played by Penelope Keith.
-- Anton 3/9/2010
The name of Grace Kelly's character in "Dial M for Murder."
-- Liesl 8/1/2010
No way, no one has mentioned Margot Kidder who played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeves' Superman! :-o
-- Katrine 8/14/2011
Bette Davis played the character Margot Channing in "All About Eve".
-- kml508 4/15/2012
The name Margot was given to 235 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
-- Oohvintage 7/16/2013
Whenever I hear this name I always think of the band Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. Which is actually how I came to like the name so much. Also, wonderful band by the way.
-- polkaspot 11/18/2013
I prefer it spelled Margo, because the T is silent (so why even have it?) and because it looks like "maggot" when spelled that way.
-- Eievie 12/28/2013
I really do like this name. It sounds traditional, respectable, and unique.
-- coolcatevan9 7/27/2014
Margot Robbie is an Australian actress. She first came to prominence for her role as Donna Freedman on the soap opera Neighbours and has appeared in films such as About Time (2013) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
-- Anonymous User 9/6/2014
Margo is much better than Margot. (maggot) Fair enough if you're from a country with a lot of 'silent t at the end of words' though. In English-speaking countries though, the t at the end tricks the eye. Although, that said, obviously someone isn't going to be called Maggot.
-- Espy 1/23/2016
The spelling is far to close to "maggot" for my liking.
-- RoseTintsMyWorld 5/11/2016
Margot Eskens is a German Schlager singer, most popular in the 1950s and 1960s. She continued to be a frequent guest on television programs into the 2000s.
-- cutenose 5/25/2016
I'm really surprised at all of the posts associating this spelling with "maggot," which had never even occurred to me.Margot is my favorite spelling - Margo is boring and looks incomplete to me, and Margaux (even though it's a real place in France) as a name just looks like it's trying way, way too hard to be "cool". But Margot remains classic, and can function well as a first or middle name.
-- erb816 9/15/2016
My two year old daughter is Margot. We have not had anyone mispronounce her name, and all feedback has been positive. I feel that she can be taken seriously as a Margot no matter what she chooses to do in life. I also like that while it is a name that most people know, it is not overly popular.
-- JLBurton 11/30/2016
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