Why am I seeing so many baby Margot's?

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Festivemoose · 20/08/2023 16:10

I always think of Margot Tenenbaum. I know a few people from my art school/hipster circles who named their children after the character about 20 years ago.

Fooksticks · 20/08/2023 14:44

Bruisername · 19/08/2023 19:47

Margaux is the most common spelling in France these days. It isn’t a ‘unique’ spelling

Yes, but how very dare those forriners spell their names ooniquely 🙄

PresentPrincess1 · 20/08/2023 14:29

The Barbie Movie will have a big impact on names.

indyocean · 20/08/2023 08:12

It's in fashion again

TheYearOfSmallThings · 20/08/2023 07:31

It got very popular in my area about 10 years ago - the playgrounds were full of little Margots and Dorothys and Violets and Irises. I think it's very cute!

Rotterdam · 20/08/2023 07:30

BlueLiquid · 19/08/2023 19:44

I met a baby Margaux lately 😬

I think once you’re in Oonique naming territory, you know there’s over-saturation of the name.

Margaux is a name, not a so called unique spelling.

Margaux Hemingway was named after the wine. She was an actress/model with a tragic story and Ernest Hemingways grand daughter.

user1492757084 · 20/08/2023 07:19

Margot is a nice form of Margaret though Robbie is as cute.
Barbie or Barbra or Barbara too.

OilOfRoses · 19/08/2023 23:17

I knew a Margo at school. Spelled like that - Margo. It's not a name I like but we can't all like the same names.

Thewallsof · 19/08/2023 23:11

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 19/08/2023 22:49

OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 19/08/2023 20:31

Same! I hear Margot I think Leadbetter not Robbie. 🤣

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Another one for Margot Leadbetter lol

RitzyMcFitzy · 19/08/2023 22:47

VenusClapTrap · 19/08/2023 22:34

Margot was out of fashion for a long time and now it's suddenly catapulted back into popularity. Perfect demonstration of a trendy name imo

Margot was getting popular over a decade ago when I was choosing a name for dc1. It was on my shortlist. It’s hardly sudden. I don’t think it’s top ten popularity levels though (I haven’t checked so happy to be proved wrong). ‘Trendy’ seems a bit over-egging it.

I think people take exception to the word 'trendy' as they think it implies a name is a bit naff and nouveau. It just means it's currently fashionable.

Margot has climbed the naming charts with some speed in the last decade. It's a trendy name.

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user2468101214 · 19/08/2023 22:38

@Thewallsof I think you're the one looking a bit daft here 😂

Try having a cuppa and put your feet up? My thread wasn't intended to knock you off balance

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panko · 19/08/2023 22:34

user2468101214 · 19/08/2023 19:39

Is this trend from Margot Robbie? They're bloody everywhere.

Yes

VenusClapTrap · 19/08/2023 22:34

Margot was out of fashion for a long time and now it's suddenly catapulted back into popularity. Perfect demonstration of a trendy name imo

Margot was getting popular over a decade ago when I was choosing a name for dc1. It was on my shortlist. It’s hardly sudden. I don’t think it’s top ten popularity levels though (I haven’t checked so happy to be proved wrong). ‘Trendy’ seems a bit over-egging it.

Thewallsof · 19/08/2023 22:28

user2468101214 · 19/08/2023 19:39

Is this trend from Margot Robbie? They're bloody everywhere.

Are the babies a few weeks old? If not I doubt it's from her influence Barbie has only been out a few weeks.

Also top tip, just say what you want to say to start with. Which was probs something like, I'm so much better than everyone because I hate basic trendy names, whya re all these morons calling their kids the same thing. Disingenuous posts like your op fool no one and just make you look daft.

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user2468101214 · 19/08/2023 22:24

flyawaypaul · 19/08/2023 22:19

But are they seeing you?

A few of them are, I'm a nanny!

Now fly away, Paul 😊

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flyawaypaul · 19/08/2023 22:19

But are they seeing you?

RitzyMcFitzy · 19/08/2023 22:15

EllieQ · 19/08/2023 21:39

Yes, my first thought was also of the Chalet School triplets, especially as I’ve met a Margot, a Constance, and a Helena over the past few years at baby groups/ toddler groups/ school 😀

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Margot Maynard was a psycho.

CurlewKate · 19/08/2023 21:46

You can't see that many-there are a lot of babies and only about 1000 Margots!

MotherOfCrocodiles · 19/08/2023 21:43

I thought it was having a revival because of princess Margaret in The Crown

SarahAndQuack · 19/08/2023 21:42

EllieQ · 19/08/2023 21:39

Yes, my first thought was also of the Chalet School triplets, especially as I’ve met a Margot, a Constance, and a Helena over the past few years at baby groups/ toddler groups/ school 😀

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I've never come across the other two! Constance was my favourite cousin's name in religion (she was a nun; she was Sister Constance) and Helen (without the a) is my mother's name. Both beautiful names IMO. I guess it just depends what floats your boat.

At least Margot has a pretty meaning.

Startyabastard · 19/08/2023 21:40

user2468101214 · 19/08/2023 19:57

I guess I just hate 'trendy' names

Me too. It's cringe as fuck.

EllieQ · 19/08/2023 21:39

SarahAndQuack · 19/08/2023 20:14

I think it's part of the fashion for old-fashioned names? Lots of little girls called things like Martha or Florence. Margot/Margaret feels like the same era. I've got to admit my first association is Joey Bettany's triplets!

I disagree with a PP that it sounds less nice with a Germanic pronunciation. IMO 'mar-go' sounds a bit like a budget supermarket. Margot with a t is more elegant.

Yes, my first thought was also of the Chalet School triplets, especially as I’ve met a Margot, a Constance, and a Helena over the past few years at baby groups/ toddler groups/ school 😀

HappiDaze · 19/08/2023 21:37

It's a cute name