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Margot or Iris

61 replies

PepperOnMyPaprikash · 21/07/2012 11:38

Could I have opinions please?

I love both of these - Iris has been my favourite for a long time and Margot is a fairly recent addition to our very short shortlist. Not due for a few months and don't know if we are having a boy or a girl but we are pretty convinced if a girl then the choice will be one of these two.

Thanks in advance.

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worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:39

I can also say, that I know the one boy here, who is called Kevin. I have never heard him being mocked, well there ARE connotations about Kevins out there in Britain. aren't they?

Oh and Tracey sounds nice to me In German. Lovely actually. Who would gladly give this name to a little girl, NOW???

How many here on mumsnet, would give it an honest go and thumbs-up????

So, I would be very happy before contemplating any English names to hear some honest feedbacks. What the OP does is of course up to her Wink.

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:37

I didn't know the op lived in a country where it was despised. The girl I know is here and everyone loves it.

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:36

Where is it despised.Wasn't it the name of anne franks sister?

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:35

noddyholder, so you live in germany and this 5-year old as well?

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:34

Sounds like Maggot, I think it was mentioned already.

Also, why give a name when even in the countries where it comes from, it is mostly despised by so many people there, that it is even reason for ridicule.
I think, that is what would make it difficult on the child and later person given carrying that name.

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:32

Well I have never heard it mocked and I do know one Margot she is 5 and gorgeous and doubt she is mocked

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:31

Servalan as much as Tracy or similar can or have negative connotations.

With Margot, it is not a classy name or timeless name, which found its way back into nurseries and elementary schools or would be found here and there in each and every generation.

it is also a name, used very often in comedies and other similar shows, to mock a certain type of woman. Not nice, I know...but that's how it is.

evamummy · 21/07/2012 15:29

Margot Fonteyn was born as Margaret, I think. Margaret is much nicer and a proper English name too.

evamummy · 21/07/2012 15:28

Iris is lovely.

Margot sounds harsh (especially the English way, Mar-got) and unfeminine, sorry. Really don't like it.

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:26

Margot fonteyn amazing

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:25

I think the pronounciation of the name in different languages is a given Smile, as it would be with names such as Benjamin, Gabriel, or Sebastian. Or even Adam.
And yet, these names have all the same or very similar spelling in various countries and languages.
They are timeless and can be found in many, many different social and economic groups.
And I feel the same about Iris. And to me personally, this is very beautiful and bridge-building. Something I like a lot :-)

Servalan · 21/07/2012 15:24

I think both names are beautiful

worldcitizen - why would it have negative connotations in Germany? Confused

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:24

Why I think it sounds like a strong name Hmm ya self

MarianForrester · 21/07/2012 15:22

Iris is really lovely.

Margot good, but she will always have to spell it/correct pronunciation which will be a big pain.

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:16

Margot has a newness about it which is nice and strong

ConfusedShockHmm

This is how I am feeling right now about comments such as above.

Rarely, have I found myself jumping off my chair wanting to save someone making a mistake for life, no-one in their right mind would give their daughter this name in Germany right now.
Please OP, if you wish, then I'll comment more, but for now I better sh...upSmile

mopsyflopsy · 21/07/2012 15:10

"Margot has a newness about it which is nice and strong"

Confused?!

SoSoMamanBebe · 21/07/2012 15:09

I love Margot! Iris isn't that much of a pleasure to enunciate.

noddyholder · 21/07/2012 15:07

Like both but would go for Margot as it has a newness about it which is nice and is strong

mopsyflopsy · 21/07/2012 15:07

Althoug bear in mind that Iris would be pronounced Eer-is in many languages. Still lovely though!

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 15:06

Iris is beautiful and classy and also very cosmopolitan, which is something I love.

In many countries and in many languages is this name known, also spans many generations and cannot be easily pigeon-holed to a certain strata Wink

mopsyflopsy · 21/07/2012 15:01

Margot is indeed awful, sorry.

Iris is much nicer!!

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 14:59

I also wouldn't say, it is popular in that sense, it is just commonly found in that age of a certain type....Blush

othersideofchannel · 21/07/2012 14:57

I prefer Iris as well.

Margot sounds nicer in French (Mar-go) than in English or German (Mar-got) so I'd only use it in French speaking countries personally.

worldcitizen · 21/07/2012 14:56

Oh no, no, no, no to Margot Shock.

Sorry dear OP, do not mean to crush your choice here, but that name just makes me shudder.
I'm German and THAT name has soooooo many negative connotations in german-spaking countries.
It is not only a name which today's 55-65 year olds would have.

it is also the type of woman who has that name!!!!! h no, I could elaborate more, if wished.

shoobidoo · 21/07/2012 14:50

Iris is far nicer!

Unless you pronounce Margot the French way (without the t), it will be Mar-got which is less nice imo. Is quite popular in Germany (amongst 60+ aged women).