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Margot

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BettyButterknife · 21/02/2010 18:48

A weird thing has happened - this is on our baby name list, and since last week, three people have suggested it as a possible name. I like the synchronicity.

I know it's posh, and does have the Leadbetter/Good Life association but I don't think that'll be too relevant in the future... I'm just not fully won over yet. I do love the possibility of the nickname Peggy.

Already have a DS called Arthur. Does it 'go' as a sibling name?

And what would be a good middle name? I had thought possibly Margot Maude.

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arcticwind · 22/02/2010 22:12

Margot is a form of Margaret, and Peggy is short for Margaret hence the linkage. Interestingly I found out recently that Marjorie is also a form of Margaret.

Ds would have been Jenna Margaret if a girl ... (but actually I think Margot would have been excellent for him except our surname begins with 'M')

mopsyflopsy · 22/02/2010 21:50

I would pronounce Margot as Mar-gott, is that not correct ?

14hourstillbedtime · 22/02/2010 21:47

Ooooh, I think I'm basically 90% there on my Margot Elizabeth combo

We're hard to suit... DH is American, I am English, my mum is Polish... I read French and German at Uni and have always found myself fondly affiliated with France and the French (have a bunch of French friends now) so it would also go with all the other names they have for their kids

I think I'm mostly with the other posters, though - just really like it, think it is both pretty and timeless - what could she not do as a Margot, ay?

OP, what do you think?

harecare · 22/02/2010 21:46

I know it's irrational, but as someone inflicted with the name I'm really hoping OP will change her mind. But then perhaps that is just because I only ever hear the name used in a sarcy, taunting kind of voice. Maybe as a first name you get used to it more?

Maria2007loveshersleep · 22/02/2010 21:20

So basically just to get it straight, people pronounce it with a T at the end?!

Maria2007loveshersleep · 22/02/2010 21:18

Chandellina: You don't sound too enthusiastic about the name ;) Pity, because it's a lovely name (and who cares about those who can't pronounce it correctly... really wonder why btw, Margot sounds pretty straightforward to me).

Also, I wonder why it's quite rare? Judging on the enthusiasm about it on here, I would expect a revival is definitely coming up...

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chandellina · 22/02/2010 21:07

sadly yes. it really is a quite rare name.

mathanxiety · 22/02/2010 20:49

Margot Clementine is lovely. Margot Maude sounds like Marg -- O Lord.

Are people really so unfamiliar with the name that they would pronounce the T?

chandellina · 22/02/2010 20:30

roughly one in 10 people can pronounce/spell it, there's the maggot thing, also silly rhymes involving escargot, but hey, go for it, maybe there will be a revival and people will figure out how to say it without rhyming it with goat or turning it in margaret.

aux would probably actually help avoid the mispronunciation thing.

Jamieandhismagictorch · 22/02/2010 16:16

A weird thing has happened reading this thread. It has grown on me ...

However, I also like Margaret - could use Margo/Maggie/Peggy aas a nn

emsyj · 22/02/2010 15:35

Margot is my mum's name!!!! She is not posh tho. Everyone calls her 'Marg' (not Marge, Marg with a hard 'g'). At school (admittedly in the 50s) nobody could get their heads around Margot and teachers would call her Margaret, which of course was not remotely her name. Nobody has ever called her Maggot that I'm aware of. Or Peggy.

Her middle name is Ann.

loobylu3 · 22/02/2010 13:52

Margot Clementine is lovely.
Other ideas:

Margot Caroline
Margot Louisa
Margot Penelope
Margot Cordelia
Margot Rosalie
Margot Juliet
Margot Cecily/ Cecilia
Margot Evangeline
Margot Emmeline

I don't think Margot is posh at all btw!

redllamayellowllama · 22/02/2010 12:46

Margot is lovely. Margot Maude is very sweet as a combination too.

boodleboot · 22/02/2010 12:44

Margot Clementine works perfectly....better than maude which always sounds like mould to me....

lowrib · 22/02/2010 12:26

Love it!

sayanything · 22/02/2010 11:23

I love Margot and a friend of mine just called her DD that; she's French and her DD is a perfect little mademoiselle and the name suits her perfectly. However, they registered her as Marguerite, as Margot is a nn.

Gorgeous name.

Sunshinemummy · 22/02/2010 11:13

I love Margot and wanted it for my DD but DH wouldn't allow. It's a beautiful name.

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Maria2007loveshersleep · 22/02/2010 10:16

I love Margot Elizabeth. Love it love it love it. Go for it 14hours.

Vivia · 22/02/2010 10:05

It's perfection!

LovelyDear · 22/02/2010 02:04

i love margot too. it immediately makes me think of my fave childhood book, my family and other animals (and 'fave' really doesn't express just how much a wanted to LIVE in that book)

14hourstillbedtime · 22/02/2010 01:58

This is so weird... have been thinking about using Margot for our one, due April, with middle name Elizabeth.

Just ran it by some (honest!) friends yesterday and got the thumbs up

DS's name is Jack, which I know is very common (both senses of the word) but I just like it. Now, it seems, we will go with the posh end of the spectrum.

Will everyone be confused, I wonder?!

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