Thoughts on Margot

[applepi3]

Is it too old fashioned?

[Buxbaum]

Also avoids people mispronouncing it as Mar-gott

Surely these people do not exist?!

[pipilangstrumpf]

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

[Buxbaum]

Apologies, I didn’t know that.

[lemonsquisher]

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

[yawning801]

"Well thank you vair much Jerry!"

Seriously though, it's a lovely name!

[StoatofDisarray]

Lovely!

[applepi3]

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

[MikeUniformMike]

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

[MikeUniformMike]

It's much better than Adeline.

[NoqontroI]

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

[pipilangstrumpf]

Adeline is a million times nicer!

[HuskyMcClusky]

Yes, I’d go with Adeline any day.

[Pagetta]

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!

[SpringHen]

Love it!

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

I would go for Margo because my blood pressure would suffer from (English-speaking) people pronouncing the final t, and I bet that does happen.

As names go, it's OK. I have a name not dissimilar to Margot, and it's already been trashed on this thread.

[MsHomeSlice]

Adeline is not nice....it is like Sandrine, a really pretty name for an industrial solvent. ;)

[pipilangstrumpf]

Adeline is like Sandrine

[pipilangstrumpf]

Outside of France I would also spell it Margo (assuming you want that pronunciation)

[MikeUniformMike]

Are you a Margaret, Gasp? I think Margaret is a really nice name and suspect it is becoming very popular.

[mrsfuzzyboots]

Adeline I don’t dislike but don’t love it like Margot! Margo looks so so wrong to me but then again I’m part French so I don’t think I get an opinion there. You could go like Margaux Hemingway and spell it like the wine

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

You're in a tiny minority, MUM! I'm not that keen on it myself, to be honest. The associations with our erstwhile PM did it no favours for a long, long time, but it was already going out of fashion even in the 60s when I was born, especially in England. I'm Scottish and most of the women in my family in the generations above mine were Margaret, Elizabeth or Anne/Annie, with the odd Euphemia thrown in for good measure.

[HuskyMcClusky]

I actually prefer Margaret to Margot. A very niche view, I know!

[aRespectableBureaudeChange]

Margot - surprised to say I'm coming round to liking it.

Now long enough since "The Good Life", but you will get comments from over 50s commenting and maybe asking "where's Jerry"?

[pipilangstrumpf]

Margaret is much nicer than Margot, especially outside of France. Why choose a French name over an English one, do you love it so much more?

Or how about Margherita (Italian) or Margarete (German)?

[MikeUniformMike]

Margarita is nice too. Margaret would have seemed a little old fashioned in the 60s but I know of a few born in around 1970.
Maggie is popular on MN.
Meg and Greta are nice too. Margot is probably way more popular than people realise. Something to do with a certain actress perhaps?