Anna Margaux??

[beebeebumble]

Our DD1 is due in three days! My DH and I are sure we want to call her Anna - I think it's beautiful, simple and elegant. However because it is simple, we thought we'd give her a slightly longer middle name. We would like to stay quite traditional, but open to unusual suggestions! I think Margaux is sophisticated but sweet - DH is unsure.

Other options are Anna Blythe (not strictly traditional but I like it!) or Anna Catherine (bit boring so doesn't add much interest to the simple first name?). Any opinions on these welcome, or of course any other suggestions!

Thanks!

[KatieKaye]

I much prefer the spellingMargot.
Margaux Hemmigway was the first famous person with that spelling and she was named after a bottle of wine!

[Emstheword]

I like Anna, but prefer the Margot spelling for Margaux....otherwise it's a lovely name

[surprise]

Just came on to say exactly the same; Margot much better. Anna is lovely. Good luck with the birth

[Kundry]

Margot much better, Margaux sounds either pretentious or like a bottle of wine.

[weaselwords]

Ha! Just to be awkward, I really like Margaux rather than Margot. Either way it's a lovely name!

[squoosh]

I always thought Margaux Hemingway's name seemed like a really weak joke, bearing in mind her family's (and later her own) battles with alcoholism.

Margot is lovely though. Anna is okay if a bit everywhere these days.

Anna Blythe reminds me of Anne of Green Gables who became Anne Blythe when she married.

[thecaroline]

I think it's strikingly beautiful. I don't even mind the Margaux spelling, though I, like the others, prefer Margot.

Anna Catherine is pretty but bland. I know a lot of them. Anna Blythe is nice, but I prefer Anna Margot/Margaux.

[sunshinemummy2012]

Top 5- strong elegant sophisticated girls name.

Please help I'm looking for a strong elegant sophisticated girls name that is not too popular. I know it is a lot to ask but hopefully I'll find one soon! Thank you.

[sunshinemummy2012]

Sorry my other post ended up in this thread! I think Anna Margot goes really well together. A great name.

[Leeds2]

Anna Margaux is lovely. Although prefer the spelling Margot.

[florascotia]

Anna Margot is very nice, so is Anna Blythe (that has such a lovely meaning: 'happy').

Blyth is VERY traditional. It's been used as a name for girls since the 17th century, and in earlier forms from around 1200, maybe even since Anglo-Saxon times.
[http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/01/blythe.html]

Margaux, on the other hand, is the name of a famous French red wine. Margaux Hemingway (born early 1950s) was named Margot by her parents but changed her name herself to Margaux, after the wine. So Margaux is a nickname or - as Squoosh says - a rather unhappy pun.
Poor Margeaux Hemingway seems to have had a tragic life and killed herself, still young.

Margot as a version of Margaret has been around since the Middle Ages in France.

[DramaAlpaca]

I love Anna.

I'm not sure about Margaux for the several reasons given above, and I think Margot looks a bit ugly written down.

I prefer Anna Blythe or Anna Catherine. Both sound elegant & sophisticated.

[OTheHugeManatee]

In the nicest possible way, if you wouldn't name her 'Riesling' or 'Rioja' then please just spell it 'Margot' or people will laugh.

[Lunastarfish]

I think it's lovely

[beebeebumble]

Thank you for the input! I had no idea Margaux was a wine - I saw it and preferred the spelling, as I agree with DramaAlpaca about how Margot looks. That said, I prefer it to naming my child after booze!

[Sophronia]

I like Anna Catherine followed by Anna Margot.

[minipie]

I love all three options (if you spell it Margot)

Not helpful sorry! With Anna I think I would choose Margot.

Other options off the top of my head:

Anna Meredith
Anna Felicity
Anna Bryony
Anna Sylvie
Anna Madeleine
Anna Verity

[moxon]

I know a Margeaux. No one's ever confused her with wine.

[moxon]

Note Margeaux with an e not without.

[florascotia]

Thank you. I know the spelling. I was typing in haste.
Nonetheless, Margaux was a wine long before poor Margaux Hemingway was the first to use it as a nickname. As 'Manatee' implies, above, who would want to name a child after a vintage/brand-name?

[GerundTheBehemoth]

The name of the character in 'The Good Life' was spelled 'Margo' rather than 'Margot' - same with the 'Despicable Me' character IIRC. So there's another option.

[beebeebumble]

Thanks! I like the look of Margo better I think.

[dorasee]

It's Margot Hemingway not Margaux.
Margo looks pretentious.

[tammytoby]

The problem with spelling it Margot is that many non-French speakers will pronounce it Mar-got. In German speaking countries it is also pronounced like that.

If you want it pronounced Mar-go, I'd spell it Margo. Simple and clear!