Margot
Meaning of Margot
Margot (MAR-goh) began life as the chic French nickname for Margaret, yet she carries the timeless meaning of “pearl” all on her own—polished, luminous, and wonderfully hard to crack. In the century since she crossed the Channel, Margot has danced onto ballet stages with Dame Margot Fonteyn, solved mysteries in Agatha Christie novels, and most recently walked red carpets with screen darling Margot Robbie, giving the name a sparkling résumé of elegance and grit. American parents have clearly taken notice: after decades of hovering in quiet vintage corners, Margot has sprinted up the charts, leaping from the 500s a decade ago to the low-100s today. She’s the kind of name that feels at once bohemian café and backyard barbecue, equally comfortable on a toddler in overalls or a CEO in heels. For families seeking a classic with French flair and modern momentum, Margot is a little pearl that shines brighter every year.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as MAR-goh (/ˈmɑrɪː/)
French
- Pronunced as mar-GOH (/maʁɔ/)
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Notable People Named Margot
| Margot Fonteyn was an English ballerina who spent her entire career with the Royal Ballet and was named its prima ballerina assoluta by Queen Elizabeth II. |
| Margot Elise Robbie is an Australian actress and producer known for blockbusters and indie films, a multiple Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominee, named to the Time 100 in 2017 and by Forbes the highest paid actress in 2023. |
| Margot Pilz is an Austrian visual artist and pioneer of conceptual and digital art who was among the first in Austria to merge computers with photography, creating experimental and performative works rooted in the 1960s and 1970s avant garde that regained attention in the 2010s. |
| Margot Frank, the elder sister of Anne Frank, received a Gestapo deportation order that drove the family into hiding, kept a diary that was never found, and died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. |
| Margot Lee Shetterly is an American nonfiction author best known for Hidden Figures, about black women mathematicians at NASA that became a hit film, and she previously worked in finance and media and cofounded Inside Mexico magazine. |
| Margot Roosevelt is an American journalist covering economic and labor news for the Los Angeles Times and a great-granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading - Margot Irene Isaacs, the Marchioness of Reading, was a British aristocrat and campaigner. |
| Margot Osmeña - Margarita Margot Lim Vargas Osmena is a Filipino politician who served on the Cebu City Council from 2010 to 2019, is married to former mayor Tomas Osmena, and is the granddaughter of Jorge L. Vargas, the first Executive Secretary of the Philippines under President Manuel L. Quezon. |
| Margot Lander - Margot Ella Florentz Lander was a Royal Danish Ballet prima ballerina and the leading Danish dancer of the first half of the twentieth century. |
