Margot

[BettyButterknife]

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.

Mumsnet verdict?

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

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.

Love it!

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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?

sadly yes. it really is a quite rare name.

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...

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

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?

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?

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

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')

Love it. Never considered it for mine - we chose family names - but wish I had.

Love it, and love Margot Elizabeth. I am very sold on Elizabeth as a mn, it seems to go with everything.

No, 'Mar-gott' is incorrect. It's a French name, and the T is silent, while the O is long.

I'm German and in German Margot is pronounced MAR-gott, with the emphasis on the the Mar. There are several well known German Margots (Margot Hellwig, singer, and Margot Werner, actor)

And yes, the French would pronounce it Mar-gaux, with the emphasis on the -gaux.

But why is it automatically assumed that an English speaker would pronounce it the French and not the German/Dutch way?

I love the name, by the way. Just wanted to respond to a previous poster who claimed that there is one correct way to pronounce this name.

Good point anna. An English speaker who hasn't heard the French pronounciation, would naturally pronounce Margot as Margot, just like the words got, forgot and maggot.

So it's worth bearing in mind that not everyone will pronounce Margot the French way...

Or spell it Margaux or Margau .