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Thoughts on Margot

88 replies

applepi3 · 17/02/2018 20:48

Is it too old fashioned?

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Pagetta · 21/02/2018 12:18

I absolutely love it - top of the list for my girls names!
We have Edward and Albert already (Teddy and Bertie) already, so I always think Margot (maggie) would fit well with those names...

Now just to get a girl ha ha!

HuskyMcClusky · 21/02/2018 00:57

Yes, I’d go with Adeline any day.

pipilangstrumpf · 20/02/2018 23:04

Adeline is a million times nicer!

NoqontroI · 20/02/2018 20:36

I love the name Adeline. Wish I'd used it for my DD.

MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2018 20:20

It's much better than Adeline.

MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2018 20:20

It's quite nice but Maggot was my first thought.

applepi3 · 20/02/2018 19:43

Thanks everyone xx I posted another thread asking between Adeline and Margot, still can't decide

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StoatofDisarray · 20/02/2018 18:08

Lovely!

yawning801 · 20/02/2018 18:08

"Well thank you vair much Jerry!"

Seriously though, it's a lovely name!

lemonsquisher · 20/02/2018 18:05

Love it- was on our list for DD and just missed out on the top spot. Would definitely use it if we had another.

Buxbaum · 20/02/2018 18:03

Apologies, I didn’t know that.

pipilangstrumpf · 20/02/2018 18:02

In Germany, Austria, Scandinavia etc Margot is always pronounced Mar-gott.

Buxbaum · 20/02/2018 17:56

Also avoids people mispronouncing it as Mar-gott

Surely these people do not exist?!

bridgetreilly · 20/02/2018 15:38

Prefer names to be spelled how they are pronounced 'Margo' instead I see 'Margot' as Mar-got.

That's not really how English works. Things can be pronounced in all kinds of weird ways. It must be very limiting to only pronounce things 'how they are spelled'.

17caterpillars1mouse · 20/02/2018 13:12

Its nice enough, it's becoming quite hipster

namechange2222 · 20/02/2018 06:55

Immediately think of that dreadful snob ( though really quite lovely!) Margot in The Good Life

HuskyMcClusky · 20/02/2018 06:48

I don’t like it. Harsh and looks like maggot.

NataliaOsipova · 18/02/2018 12:54

I like it. I too would think first of Fonteyn and then the Good Life character. But it's lovely!

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 12:52

(and I do know it's actually Marco Polo...)

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 12:51

I just think Margot.. Polo!

daisypond · 18/02/2018 12:37

No, not old fashioned. It's had a big renaissance recently. I associate it with Margot Fonteyn, the British prima ballerina, long before I think of Margot from The Good Life!

Esther00 · 18/02/2018 12:01

Oh, and I love the good life reference. I think she is a wonderful character 💝

Esther00 · 18/02/2018 11:57

My daughter's name is Margot. I was initially worried about people mispronouncing it constantly. But I can honestly say the vast majority say it as intended, with the t being silent.
It's never been an issue. I would worry more that it looks like I had spelt her name wrong if it was spelt without the t!! Maybe it's a regional thing, but that's what people would assume where I live. After all it is a French name, and that's how it is spelt. People manage to pronounce the words buffet and merlot without any trouble.
If the odd person pronounces it like some countries do with a hard t then it really isn't a big deal to correct them. My experience is that most get it. I think it's a gorgeous quirky name and it seems a shame to dumb it down for the minority who may struggle with the t xx

pipilangstrumpf · 18/02/2018 11:22

If in England, I'd spell it Margo. Your dd will find spelling her name so much easier when she learns to write.

Also avoids people mispronouncing it as Mar-gott

Snoopy90 · 18/02/2018 10:01

Love it

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