Louis & Margot - Would this be too French?

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We are not French.

I like both these names and would go for it if I was you. My sister has a French name and I have a name which is used in both countries, but spelt differently. My parents chose the English spelling and apparently some people thought it would be better if they had used the French spelling - so both names were French. Basically, you can’t win either way!

I think they sound lovely together :)

In France it is more usually spelt Margaux so I think you’re good.

Nope, both very popular normal names in the UK. It's not like Jean-Baptiste and Françoise.

Margaux is a wine from Bordeaux. Margot is a girl's name.

This is pretty much what I was going to say too!

I think you're fine OP. Both have French origins but are used so widely here now that very few people will pick up on it or think anything of it. Even if people did pick up on it it's not a bad thing. They're not so obviously French that they're unusable together for a non-French family.

Both are very anglified names iykwim.

Margaux is awful (Like calling a child Chardonnay)

Totally fine

I think they are fine

Yes it is but it is also the most usual spelling of the girls name in France!
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William and Katherine aren't French (to my knowledge!) and they have a Louis. They are lovely names, if you like them go for it. The only think I ever think about using names when you don't have a direct link to their origin is just to ensure that your children know what their names mean.

definitely not too French. Love them together!

@Arlanymor , the Princess of Wales is Catherine

Thanks for correcting my typo.

Nah, I know so many of both and none of them are French. I don't really even think of Louis as a French name (not disputing that it is - just doesn't come to mind when I hear it)

You could spell it Louie? That might be less French?!

That wouldn’t have crossed my mind.

I'm under the impression that Margot is one of the nicknames for Margaret.
I recall Penelope Keith's character being called that in The Good Life in the 70s.

Your choices are fine.

Penelope Keith's character was Margo

I have seen Margaux more often than Margot in France, and always wondered if it was a "yoonique" spelling. I'm not French though.

@Brexile , Margaux is slightly more popular.
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No, they've been used in England for yonks.

Partly depends how you intend to pronounce Louis I guess.

Yes Margot is originally a diminutive of Marguerite/ Margaret.

You could anglicise Margot to Margo which I prefer tbh. You'd get fewer people pronouncing it Mar Got.

Louis is one of the princes right? So not too French.

Margaux is the more popular in France.

I would use that spelling as Margot is pronounced Mar-Gott in some languages (eg German)

Or Margaret in the UK