Margot

Margot (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ, ˈmɑːrɡət/ MAR-goh, MAR-gət, French: [maʁɡo]) is a feminine given name, a French diminutive of Marguerite that has long been used as an independent name. Variant spellings in use include Margo and Margaux.^[1] It is also occasionally a surname.

Usage

An increase in usage of the name in England and Wales was attributed to the popularity of the Australian actress Margot Robbie and the 2023 American film Barbie.^[2] The name was among the top 50 names given to British girls born in 2023. It has also increased in use elsewhere in the Anglosphere, including New Zealand and the United States. It has been in regular use in French-speaking countries including Belgium, France, and in Quebec, Canada.^[3] Persons named Margot include the following:

People with the given name

Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615), known as La Reine Margot, queen of France and of Navarre
Margot Abad, Argentine film actress
Margot Adler (1946–2014), American journalist
Margot Anand, French author, teacher, seminar leader and public speaker
Margot Arce de Vázquez (1904–1990), Puerto Rican essayist and educator
Margot Arnold (1925–2016), British-born American novelist
Margot Asquith (1864–1945), countess of Oxford and Asquith
Margot Austin (1907–1990), American children’s book illustrator
Margot Badran (born 1936), scholar of Middle Eastern history and women's studies
Margot Bailet (born 1990), French alpine skier
Margot Bærentzen (1907–1983), Danish fencer
Margot Becke-Goehring (1914–2009), German chemist
Margot Benacerraf (1926–2024), Venezuelan film director
Margot Bengtsson, Swedish psychologist
Margot Bennett, several people
Margot von Beroldingen (1878–1968), American heiress
Margot Bettauer Dembo (1928–2019), German-born American translator
Margot Béziat (born 2001), French canoeist
Margot Bingham (born 1987), American actress and singer-songwriter
Margot Blakely (born 1950), New Zealand alpine skier
Margot Blanche (born 1983), French/Filipino singer and songwriter
Margot Boch (born 1999), French bobsledder
Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
Margot Bogert, American Scouting leader
Margot Botsford (born 1947), American judge
Margot Boulet (born 1990), French rower
Margot Boyd (1913–2008), English actress
Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
Margot Canaday, American historian
Margot Chevrier (born 1999), French pole vaulter
Margot Ciccarelli, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner from Italy
Margot Clyne (born 1995), American cyclist
Margot Comstock, American computer magazine editor
Margot Cottens (1922–1999), Uruguayan actress
Margot Dalton, American novelist
Margot Day, American singer-songwriter
Margot Debén (1922–2010), Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actress, singer, musician, show host and magician
Margot Desvignes (born 2000), French ice hockey player
Margot Dittmeyer (born 1935), German tennis player
Margot Donald (1923–2005), Australian photographer
Margot Dorenfeldt, Norwegian chemist
Margot Douaihy, American writer
Margot Drake (1899–1948), English actress
Margot Dreschel, nazi concentration camp guard
Margot Duhalde (1920–2018), Chilean aviator
Margot Eates (1913–1994), British art historian and curator
Margot Eskens (1936–2022), German singer
Margot Fassler, American historian
Margot Finn, British historian and academic
Margot Flemming, Canadian curler
Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), British ballerina
Margot Forde (1935–1992), New Zealand botanist
Margot Foster (born 1958), Australian rower
Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank
Margot Franssen (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist
Margot Friedländer (1921–2025), German survivor of the Holocaust and public speaker
Margot Garabedian, Cambodian triathlete
Margot Gayle (1908–2008), American historian preservationist
Margot van Geffen (born 1989), Dutch field hockey player
Margot Glockshuber (born 1949), German pair skater
Margot Gore (1913–1993), British aviator and osteopath
Margot Grahame (1911–1982), British actress
Margot Guilleaume (1910–2004), German operatic soprano
Margot Hartman (1933–2020), American actress
Margot Hellwig (born 1941), German volksmusik singer
Margot Heuman (1928–2022), German-born American Holocaust survivor
Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), German singer and actress
Margot Hilton (born 1947), British-born Australian author
Margot Honecker (1927–2016), German politician, wife of Erich Honecker
Margot Horspool, British jurist
Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), Australian artist
Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1919–2015), British aristocrat and campaigner
Margot James (born 1957), British Conservative politician
Margot Janse (born 1969), Dutch chef
Margot Jefferys, British sociologist and professor
Margot Kalinke (1909–1981), German politician
Margot Kaminski, American AI and privacy professor
Margot Käßmann (born 1958), German theologist and writer
Margot Kelly (1894–1983), Australian hotel manager and restaurateur
Margot Kidder (1948–2018), Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in Superman
Margot Klestil-Löffler (born 1954), Austrian diplomat
Margot Knight, Australian actress
Margot Kober (born 1965), Austrian cross-country skier
Margot Kraneveldt (born 1967), Dutch politician
Margot Lambert (born 1999), French badminton player
Margot Lander (1910–1961), Danish ballerina
Margot Leicester (born 1949), British actress
Margot Lemire (1946–2024), Canadian poet and playwright
Margot Leverett, American clarinet player
Margot Livesey, Scottish-born writer
Margot Llobera (born 1996), Andorran footballer
Margot Lovejoy (1930–2019), American artist and art historian
Margot Lumb (1912–1998), British squash player
Margot MacGibbon, Australian violinist and teacher
Margot Machol, American writer and government official
Margot Mahler (1948–1997), German actress
Margot Marshall, British soldier
Margot Marsman (1932–2018), Dutch swimmer
Margot Mayo (1910–1974), American dance instructor
Margot Moe (1899–1988), Norwegian figure skater
Margot Moles (1913–1987), Spanish alpine skier
Margot Neville, pseudonym of Margot Goyder and Ann Goyder
Margot O'Neill (born 1958), Australian journalist, writer and producer
Margot Osmeña (born 1949), Filipino politician
Margot Pardoe (1902–1996), British children's writer
Margot Parker (born 1943), British politician
Margot Peet (1903–1995), American painter
Margot Perryman, British artist
Margot Peters (1933–2022), American novelist and biographer
Margot Pfannstiel (1926–1993), German journalist
Margot Philips (1902–1988), New Zealand painter
Margot Pilz, Austrian visual artist
Margot Prior (1937–2020), Australian psychologist and autism researcher
Margot von Renesse (1940–2022), German politician
Margot Ravinel (born 2002), French ski mountaineer
Margot Rhys (1914–1996), Australian actress
Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher
Margot Robbie (born 1990), Australian actress and producer
Margot Robinne (born 1991), French footballer
Margot Römer (1938–2005), Venezuelan artist
Margot Roosevelt (born 1950), American journalist
Margot Rose (born 1956), American actress
Margot Ruddock (1907–1951), English actress, poet and singer
Margot Sanger-Katz, American journalist
Margot von Schlieffen (1921–2014), German film editor
Margot Lee Shetterly (born 1969), American nonfiction writer
Margot Shiner (1923–1998), German-British gastroenterologist
Margot Shumway (born 1979), American rower
Margot Siegel (1923–2015), American journalist
Margot Sikabonyi (born 1982), Italian actress
Margot Singer, American short story writer and novelist
Margot Smith (1966–2011), Australian musical artist
Margot Sponer (1898–1945), German philologist and resistant fighter
Margot Stern Strom (1941–2023), American educator
Margot Stevenson (1912–2011), American actress
Margot Sunderland, British psychologist
Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995), widely known as Margot, Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective
Margot Taulé (1920–2008), Dominican engineer and architect
Margot Thien (born 1971), American synchronized swimmer
Margot Tomes (1917–1991), American artist and illustrator
Margot Trooger (1923–1994), German actress
Margot Turner (1910–1993), British nurse
Margot Vanpachtenbeke (born 1999), Belgian cyclist
Margot Vella, Australian dual-code rugby player
Margot Walle (1921–1990), Norwegian figure skater
Margot Wallström (born 1954), Swedish politician
Margot Walter (1903–1994), German actress
Margot Wells (born 1952), British athlete
Margot Werner (1937–2012), Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actress
Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (1931–2020), German Holocaust witness
Margot Wikström (1936–2010) Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party
Margot Williams, American botanist
Margot Yerolymos (born 1997), French tennis player
Margot Zemach (1931–1989), American illustrator
Margot Zuidhof (born 1992), Dutch field hockey player

People with the surname

Georges Margot (1902–1998), French equestrian
Jean-Luc Margot (born 1969), Belgian astronomer
Manuel Margot (born 1994), Dominican baseball player

Fictional characters

Margot, 2009 film starring Anne-Marie Duff as ballerina Margot Fonteyn
Margot at the Wedding, 2007 American film by Noah Baumbach
La Reine Margot, 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas
La Reine Margot (1994 film), 1994 film based on the Dumas novel starring Isabelle Adjani
Margot, a character in the film Legally Blonde
Margot, a character in the comic book Nemesis: Reloaded, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery, and Nemesis: Forever
Margot Tenenbaum, a character in the film The Royal Tenenbaums
Margot, the protagonist of Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day
Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M For Murder
Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall
Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial The Shadow
Margot Leadbetter, the Goods' neighbour, a character in the 1970s British sitcom The Good Life (1975 TV series)

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
↑ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2023
↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/margot/top/england-wales?type=percent

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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