Margot

\maʁ.ɡo\♀French girl's name

A French girl's name of Ancient Greek origin.

At a glance

GenderFeminine
OriginAncient Greek
Pronunciation\maʁ.ɡo\

Origin and meaning

Diminutive of Marguerite (the French equivalent of English Margaret) + -ot (a diminutive suffix used with names).

Where it is mostly given

  • France
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • East Frisia
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Denmark
  • Norway

Around the world

  • Chinese玛歌
  • PolishMałgorzata

In literature

« […] car, ventre-saint-gris ! cette Margot, comme l’appelle mon beau-frère Charles IX est une adorable créature. »
Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, C. Lévy, 1886

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Lepticed7 (Aude (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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