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Help Margot or Monroe or something else

42 replies

Sunflowergirls · 21/04/2025 20:37

We have loved the name Margot but in the past 18 months or so we feel it has become incredibly popular and not so sure anymore.
Is Monroe a good alternative?
We also like:
Darcy
Ophelia (Fifi/Effie)
Winifred (Winnie)
Stella
Clementine (Clemmy)
Primrose (Prim)
Celeste (Cece)
Penelope
Dolly
We are really stuck but we keep going back to Margot but just not sure anymore, really worried there will be multiple in her class and be known as Margot D.
Honest thoughts and suggestions appreciated!
We are looking for a fun but beautiful name.

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Kellybonita · 21/04/2025 20:58

I know a marilyn. She's a serious sensible doctor, and I always think that the name is quite strange on her

Popquorn · 21/04/2025 20:57

Would Marilyn give you the Margot and Monroe nod?

SummerDaysOnTheWay · 21/04/2025 20:56

Ophelia is beautiful.

How about…

Paloma
Estelle / Estella
Clara
Marnie
Eloise
Cleo
Lois
Sylvie
Violet
Goldie

ViolaPlains · 21/04/2025 20:54

Monroe Bergdorf is enough to put me off the name.

Kellybonita · 21/04/2025 20:50

Everyone would remember someone called monroe

YourWinter · 21/04/2025 20:49

Darcy is nice but I dislike all the others. Monroe would be a terrible first name.

Kellybonita · 21/04/2025 20:47

Moreteaandchocolate · 21/04/2025 20:46

Margot is lovely - I don’t actually know any Margot’s! It’s number 44 in the charts and less than one in 500 babies are called Margot, so it’s very unlikely you’d have two in a class.

From your other ideas I love Penelope, and like Darcy and Stella.

Loads of celebrities have named their baby "margot" recently.

Moreteaandchocolate · 21/04/2025 20:46

Margot is lovely - I don’t actually know any Margot’s! It’s number 44 in the charts and less than one in 500 babies are called Margot, so it’s very unlikely you’d have two in a class.

From your other ideas I love Penelope, and like Darcy and Stella.

PrincessOfPreschool · 21/04/2025 20:45

I love Margot. I only know one who is in her 60s and I work with small children. I think it's a classic. Ophelia is a bit of the moment as is Darcy. I love Stella too. Lois is a lovely name and Priscilla might be in your vein, but Margot is beautiful.

Kissedbyfire1 · 21/04/2025 20:45

I know a boy called Monroe so to me it’s not a girl’s name - could be gender neutral.
What about Marion? Marianne?

Popquorn · 21/04/2025 20:45

Margot and Penelope are lovely from your list

GoldenRosebee · 21/04/2025 20:44

I like Winifred and Penelope more than Margot, but I don't think she will end up as Margot D. It's just trendy, not overly popular, as most names are less popular now than names of previous generations were.

Darkambergingerlily · 21/04/2025 20:44

Love all the names except monroe. Awful

Kellybonita · 21/04/2025 20:43

I really like monroe! It's unusual.

There are loads of margots around

Reddelilah · 21/04/2025 20:42

I prefer Celeste and Ophelia

Margot will start to sound dated soon as it falls out of fashion again imo

softlyfallsthesnow · 21/04/2025 20:42

Margot. You obviously like it more than any others and it's a nice name which has been around for longer than the current rise in popularity.
I'm not sure she'd be all that keen on being called Prim.

LittleBearPad · 21/04/2025 20:40

Margot is lovely. Monroe is a surname / doctrine - neither of which are nice for a small baby.

I really don’t get the angst about there possibly being another child with the same name in a class at school. Pick the name you love