Oh, I love Margot so much. We were going to use it for this baby, due in September, but I have unfortunately decided not to, as it is rocketing up the popularity charts. It’s just entered the top 100, and rising sharply.
It’s so wonderfully old fashioned, sophisticated and strong. I love that hard ‘g’ followed up by the soft ‘o’ which gives it a perfect balance. I love the way, when said, aloud, it sounds unapologetically upper class (well, I suppose this is hugely dependent on accent - my accent is RP. There is a little Margot who lives not far from me, and her parents have a slightly East London accent, which I admit I feel strips the name of some of its power, but that’s just my secret snobbery speaking). In fact, that couple have just had a new baby named Maeve, and I thought the two names went perfectly together.
So in short, I adore the name. It conjures up an image for me of an independent, slightly mysterious, educated, intelligent woman, perhaps ever so slightly intimidating in her brilliance.