Margot

• Spanish:/maɾɡot/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• French:/maʁ.ɡo/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• English:/ˈmɑɹ.ɡoʊ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• German:/ˈmaʁ.ɡɔt/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Margot is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish38%

  French hypocoristic of Margarita.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• French22%

  French diminutive of Marguerite, from Greek margarites 'pearl'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  Une margot peut désigner la pie, une poupée, une femme bavarde et une femme de mauvaise vie.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

  Diminutif de Marguerite, d’origine latine; « perle ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• English22%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Margot in English.

• German10%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Margot in German.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Margot, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

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From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Margot is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Margôt, Mârgot, Margòt, Märgöt, Maergoet

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Margôt, Margoṭ

• Estonian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hungary, Estonia, Switzerland

  Languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish

  Also written Margöt

• Lao given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written มาร์กอต, มาร์โกต์, มาร์ก็อต, Märgöt, มารีกือตี

• Russian given name37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Марго, Margo, Маргот, Margaux, Margò

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Margot is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• French pet form of ) Marguerite, now used as an independent given name. In England it is still usually pronounced in the French way, but in Eastern Europe the final consonant is sounded, and this has had some influence in America.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Swedish, Margot är ursprungligen en fransk diminutivform av → Margareta. En känd svensk namnbärare är politikern Margot Wallström (f. 1954). I den rikssvenska almanackan 15 juni.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Margot Fonteynb. 1919GBBritish ballerina
• Margot Frankb. 1926DEolder sister of Anne Frank (1926–1945)
• Margot Robbieb. 1990AUAustralian actress (born 1990)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

94 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 45 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Margot?

In the etymology graph, Margaret, Rita and Margarita are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Margot a male or female name?

Margot is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: France (INSEE, 2024), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Netherlands (Meertens NVB) and Norway (SSB), among others.

How do you pronounce Margot?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /maɾɡot/; in French /maʁ.ɡo/ (Wiktionary); in English /ˈmɑɹ.ɡoʊ/ (Wiktionary); in German /ˈmaʁ.ɡɔt/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What does the name Margot mean, and where does it come from?

French diminutive of Marguerite, from Greek margarites 'pearl'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

Which countries have the most people named Margot?

Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named Margot in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled margot. After it come United States, Peru, Belgium and Mexico; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Margot?

In the United States, the national register counted 15,538 people named Margot in 2020, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.

How common is Margot compared with other names?

In France, Margot is the 355th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.