Margot

Margot meaning

Margot is an international girl's name of French origin (from Greek).

French pet form of Marguerite (Margaret), "pearl"

Margot is the French pet form of Marguerite, the French form of Margaret. The Online Etymology Dictionary mentions it under marguerite, and notes that French margot also came to mean a magpie, a bird nicknamed after the name. Marguerite itself comes from Late Latin Margarita and Greek margaritēs, "a pearl", so Margot shares Margaret's meaning. The final t is silent: it is said MAAR-goh. The name was carried by Marguerite de Valois, the sixteenth-century French queen known as la reine Margot, and today by the ballerina Margot Fonteyn and the actress Margot Robbie. It is short and stylish with Indian surnames.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) · entry marguerite · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, marguerite · Online Etymology Dictionary, Margaret

Famous namesakes

• Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina
• Margot Robbie, Australian actress

Popularity abroad

• #102 United States, girls 2025 (up 25 from 127 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #30 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Margot · Margaux

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