Why am I seeing so many baby Margot's?

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

It makes me think about The Good Life but maybe that's my age showing!

It’s been getting more and more popular in the US for the last ten years or so. I think Margot Robbie probably has helped that.

Billie Faiers (ex Towie influencer / reality star) named her daughter Margot earlier this year.

I met a baby Margaux lately 😬

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

There is also a Margot in Despicable Me.

It's a lovely name !

Hah youre absolutely right blue liquid.

And yes to PP, I know of Billie F's daughter Margot

I wondered if it was from Despicable Me.

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

It's a lovely name, fairly unusual but well known enough that most people can pronounce it.

I guess I just hate 'trendy' names

I love the name Margot.

Margaux is just the French spelling, isn’t it?

All I think is Maggot , if you just swap out 1 letter

Whenever there is a big celeb the name soars in popularity - be it an actor or royal baby etc etc. it just comes into the general consciousness and when it’s not been particularly common it sticks in people’s minds.

I love the name. Considered it for my oldest daughter but DH is german and his family pronounces it with a hard "t" which is just not nice.

There was a Margot in our NCT group over 10 years ago

It's a nice name, but even if I loved it, the fact that Billie whatsit from TOWIE has used it would render it unusable.

It’s a lovely name. We’re all existing in the same world, subject to the same influences, so it’s not surprising that they are waves of popularity with names. I don’t consider it a trendy name, it’s currently seeing a bit of a resurgence, that’s all.

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.

I have no idea but we have a chicken we got at point of lay and named her Margot!

That’s the French spelling ….

I actually think it’s a beautiful name it reminds me of a little girl a few years ago I saw on an appeal for donors I think she had leukaemia and sadly passed away it was really sad she was beautiful

Margot and Margaux are both French spellings. The name was always spelt Margot, originally, until people starting spelling it Margaux after the wine (Chateau Margaux). Personally I think it's a bit weird to name your daughter after wine, but I guess there are worse trends!

Margot Fonteyn. I saw her dance once. She appeared to float on air.

I guess I just hate 'trendy' names

How is it 'trendy' ?
As the first reply says, 'Margot' was very well known from 'The Good Life' all those decades years ago. It is quite an old name, and it is pretty normal for "old lady names" to circle back round.

I thought it was because of Margo, Edith and Agnes in the Despicable Me films