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Margot

MAR-go
French, diminutive of Margaret
"pearl"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

Margot Origin and Meaning

The name Margot is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pearl".

Margot is suddenly a star again. After a nearly-half century absence, it hopped back on the Top 1000 list in 2013 and is on the rise. The Margot spelling is now given to three times as many baby girls as the Margo one.

Makes sense, as Margot is a name that has a lot going for it: spelled with or without the final 't', it's one of the few girls’ names with the dynamic o-ending sound; it's familiar, yet uncommon enough to be distinctive.

Margot originated as a French pet form of Marguerite, a name that ultimately derived from the Greek margarites, meaning "pearl." Other spellings include Margo and Margaux. Margaux Hemingway was originally Margot but changed the spelling to honor the wine from the French village of Margaux that was drunk by her parents on the night she was conceived.

Movie buffs will remember Bette Davis's archetypal role as Margo Channing in All About Eve (the actress named her own daughter Margot), while balletomanes will associate the name with the great English dancer Margot Fonteyn (born Margaret).

In the film Margot at the Wedding, Margot was played by Nicole Kidman; in The Royal Tenenbaums, Gwyneth Paltrow was Margot T. Gorgeous Australian actress Margot Robbie has made an impact here in the film The Wolf of Wall Street.

# 126 in the US

Margot Rank in US Top 1000

# 27 on Nameberry

Margot Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Margot

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Famous People Named Margot

  • Margot Fonteyn (de Arias) (born Margaret Evelyn Hookham)
    English ballerina
  • Margot Betti Frank
    sister of diarist Anne Frank
  • Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder
    American actress
  • Margot Susanna Adler
    American radio journalist
  • Margot Elise Robbie
    Australian actress
  • Margot Hielscher
    German singer/actress
  • Margot Eskens
    German pop singer
  • Carolyn "Margot" aka Rollo
    late Nameberry user
  • Margot Cullum (b. 2013)
    daughter of singer Jamie Cullum and model Sophie Dahl
  • Margot Joyce (b. 2015)
    daughter of TV personality Dan Joyce of Dirty Sanchez
  • Margot Brown (b. 2016)
    daughter of actors Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown

The name Margot in Pop Culture

  • Margot Song Covey
    character in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" series by Jenny Han
  • Margot Tenenbaum
    character in film "The Royal Tenenbaums"
  • Margot Leadbetter
    character on TV's "The Good Life"
  • Margot Sleator
    character on TV's "Channel Zero"
  • Margot Verger
    character in the Hannibal Lecter series
  • Margot
    main character in Ray Bradbury story "All Summer in a Day"
  • Margot
    character in film "Legally Blonde"
  • Lady Margot Fenring
    character in Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series, and has appeared in Denis Villeneuve's adaption.

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