# Margot

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'''Margot''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑr|ɡ|oʊ|,_|ˈ|m|ɑr|g|ə|t}} {{respell|MAR|goh|,_|MAR|gət}}, {{IPA|fr|maʁɡo|lang}}) is a feminine given name, a [French](/source/French_language) diminutive of [Marguerite](/source/Marguerite_(given_name)) that has long been used as an independent name. Variant spellings in use include [Margo](/source/Margo_(given_name)) and [Margaux](/source/Margaux_(name)).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=183|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}</ref> It is also occasionally a surname.

==Usage==
An increase in usage of the name in England and Wales was attributed to the popularity of the Australian actress [Margot Robbie](/source/Margot_Robbie) and the 2023 American film [Barbie](/source/Barbie_(film)).<ref>https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2023</ref> The name was among the top 50 names given to British girls born in 2023. It has also increased in use elsewhere in the [Anglosphere](/source/Anglosphere), including New Zealand and the United States. It has been in regular use in [French-speaking](/source/French_language) countries including Belgium, France, and in [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada).<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/margot/top/england-wales?type=percent</ref>
Persons named Margot include the following:

== People with the given name Margot ==
* [Marguerite de Valois](/source/Marguerite_de_Valois) (1553–1615), known as ''La Reine Margot'', queen of France and of Navarre
* [Margot Abad](/source/Margot_Abad), Argentine film actress
* [Margot Adler](/source/Margot_Adler) (1946–2014), American journalist
* [Margot Anand](/source/Margot_Anand), French author, teacher, seminar leader and public speaker
* [Margot Arce de Vázquez](/source/Margot_Arce_de_V%C3%A1zquez) (1904–1990), Puerto Rican essayist and educator
* [Margot Arnold](/source/Margot_Arnold) (1925–2016), British-born American novelist
* [Margot Asquith](/source/Margot_Asquith%2C_Countess_of_Oxford_and_Asquith) (1864–1945), countess of Oxford and Asquith
* [Margot Austin](/source/Margot_Austin) (1907–1990), American children’s book illustrator
* [Margot Badran](/source/Margot_Badran) (born 1936), scholar of Middle Eastern history and women's studies
* [Margot Bailet](/source/Margot_Bailet) (born 1990), French alpine skier
* [Margot Bærentzen](/source/Margot_B%C3%A6rentzen) (1907–1983), Danish fencer
* [Margot Becke-Goehring](/source/Margot_Becke-Goehring) (1914–2009), German chemist
* [Margot Benacerraf](/source/Margot_Benacerraf) (1926–2024), Venezuelan film director
* [Margot Bengtsson](/source/Margot_Bengtsson), Swedish psychologist
* [Margot Bennett](/source/Margot_Bennett_(disambiguation)), several people
* [Margot von Beroldingen](/source/Margot_von_Beroldingen) (1878–1968), American heiress
* [Margot Bettauer Dembo](/source/Margot_Bettauer_Dembo) (1928–2019), German-born American translator
* [Margot Béziat](/source/Margot_B%C3%A9ziat) (born 2001), French canoeist
* [Margot Bingham](/source/Margot_Bingham) (born 1987), American actress and singer-songwriter
* [Margot Blakely](/source/Margot_Blakely) (born 1950), New Zealand alpine skier
* [Margot Blanche](/source/Margot_Blanche) (born 1983), French/Filipino singer and songwriter
* [Margot Boch](/source/Margot_Boch) (born 1999), French bobsledder
* [Margot Boer](/source/Margot_Boer) (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
* [Margot Bogert](/source/Margot_Bogert), American Scouting leader
* [Margot Botsford](/source/Margot_Botsford) (born 1947), American judge
* [Margot Boulet](/source/Margot_Boulet) (born 1990), French rower
* [Margot Boyd](/source/Margot_Boyd) (1913–2008), English actress
* [Margot Bryant](/source/Margot_Bryant) (1897–1988), British actress
* [Margot Chevrier](/source/Margot_Chevrier) (born 1999), French pole vaulter
* [Margot Ciccarelli](/source/Margot_Ciccarelli), Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner from Italy
* [Margot Clyne](/source/Margot_Clyne) (born 1995), American cyclist
* [Margot Comstock](/source/Margot_Comstock), American computer magazine editor
* [Margot Cottens](/source/Margot_Cottens) (1922–1999), Uruguayan actress
* [Margot Dalton](/source/Margot_Dalton), American novelist
* [Margot Day](/source/Margot_Day), American singer-songwriter
* [Margot Debén](/source/Margot_Deb%C3%A9n) (1922–2010), Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actress, singer, musician, show host and magician
* [Margot Desvignes](/source/Margot_Desvignes) (born 2000), French ice hockey player
* [Margot Dittmeyer](/source/Margot_Dittmeyer) (born 1935), German tennis player
* [Margot Donald](/source/Margot_Donald) (1923–2005), Australian photographer
* [Margot Dorenfeldt](/source/Margot_Dorenfeldt), Norwegian chemist
* [Margot Douaihy](/source/Margot_Douaihy), American writer
* [Margot Drake](/source/Margot_Drake) (1899–1948), English actress
* [Margot Dreschel](/source/Margot_Dreschel), nazi concentration camp guard
* [Margot Duhalde](/source/Margot_Duhalde) (1920–2018), Chilean aviator
* [Margot Eates](/source/Margot_Eates) (1913–1994), British art historian and curator
* [Margot Eskens](/source/Margot_Eskens) (1936–2022), German singer
* [Margot Fassler](/source/Margot_Fassler), American historian
* [Margot Finn](/source/Margot_Finn), British historian and academic
* [Margot Flemming](/source/Margot_Flemming), Canadian curler
* [Margot Fonteyn](/source/Margot_Fonteyn) (1919–1991), British ballerina
* [Margot Forde](/source/Margot_Forde) (1935–1992), New Zealand botanist
* [Margot Foster](/source/Margot_Foster) (born 1958), Australian rower
* [Margot Frank](/source/Margot_Frank) (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank
* [Margot Franssen](/source/Margot_Franssen) (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist
* [Margot Friedländer](/source/Margot_Friedl%C3%A4nder) (1921–2025), German survivor of the Holocaust and public speaker
* [Margot Garabedian](/source/Margot_Garabedian), Cambodian triathlete
* [Margot Gayle](/source/Margot_Gayle) (1908–2008), American historian preservationist
* [Margot van Geffen](/source/Margot_van_Geffen) (born 1989), Dutch field hockey player
* [Margot Glockshuber](/source/Margot_Glockshuber) (born 1949), German pair skater
* [Margot Gore](/source/Margot_Gore) (1913–1993), British aviator and osteopath
* [Margot Grahame](/source/Margot_Grahame) (1911–1982), British actress
* [Margot Guilleaume](/source/Margot_Guilleaume) (1910–2004), German operatic soprano
* [Margot Hartman](/source/Margot_Hartman) (1933–2020), American actress
* [Margot Hellwig](/source/Margot_Hellwig) (born 1941), German volksmusik singer
* [Margot Heuman](/source/Margot_Heuman) (1928–2022), German-born American Holocaust survivor
* [Margot Hielscher](/source/Margot_Hielscher) (1919–2017), German singer and actress
* [Margot Hilton](/source/Margot_Hilton) (born 1947), British-born Australian author
* [Margot Honecker](/source/Margot_Honecker) (1927–2016), German politician, wife of Erich Honecker
* [Margot Horspool](/source/Margot_Horspool), British jurist
* [Margot Hutcheson](/source/Margot_Hutcheson) (born 1952), Australian artist
* [Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading](/source/Margot_Isaacs%2C_Marchioness_of_Reading) (1919–2015), British aristocrat and campaigner
* [Margot James](/source/Margot_James) (born 1957), British Conservative politician
* [Margot Janse](/source/Margot_Janse) (born 1969), Dutch chef
* [Margot Jefferys](/source/Margot_Jefferys), British sociologist and professor
* [Margot Kalinke](/source/Margot_Kalinke) (1909–1981), German politician
* [Margot Kaminski](/source/Margot_Kaminski), American AI and privacy professor
* [Margot Käßmann](/source/Margot_K%C3%A4%C3%9Fmann) (born 1958), German theologist and writer
* [Margot Kelly](/source/Margot_Kelly) (1894–1983), Australian hotel manager and restaurateur
* [Margot Kidder](/source/Margot_Kidder) (1948–2018), Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in ''Superman''
* [Margot Klestil-Löffler](/source/Margot_Klestil-L%C3%B6ffler) (born 1954), Austrian diplomat
* [Margot Knight](/source/Margot_Knight), Australian actress
* [Margot Kober](/source/Margot_Kober) (born 1965), Austrian cross-country skier
* [Margot Kraneveldt](/source/Margot_Kraneveldt) (born 1967), Dutch politician
* [Margot Lambert](/source/Margot_Lambert) (born 1999), French badminton player
* [Margot Lander](/source/Margot_Lander) (1910–1961), Danish ballerina
* [Margot Leicester](/source/Margot_Leicester) (born 1949), British actress
* [Margot Lemire](/source/Margot_Lemire) (1946–2024), Canadian poet and playwright
* [Margot Leverett](/source/Margot_Leverett), American clarinet player
* [Margot Livesey](/source/Margot_Livesey), Scottish-born writer
* [Margot Llobera](/source/Margot_Llobera) (born 1996), Andorran footballer
* [Margot Lovejoy](/source/Margot_Lovejoy) (1930–2019), American artist and art historian
* [Margot Lumb](/source/Margot_Lumb) (1912–1998), British squash player
* [Margot MacGibbon](/source/Margot_MacGibbon), Australian violinist and teacher
* [Margot Machol](/source/Margot_Machol), American writer and government official
* [Margot Mahler](/source/Margot_Mahler) (1948–1997), German actress
* [Margot Marshall](/source/Margot_Marshall), British soldier
* [Margot Marsman](/source/Margot_Marsman) (1932–2018), Dutch swimmer
* [Margot Mayo](/source/Margot_Mayo) (1910–1974), American dance instructor
* [Margot Moe](/source/Margot_Moe) (1899–1988), Norwegian figure skater
* [Margot Moles](/source/Margot_Moles) (1913–1987), Spanish alpine skier
* [Margot Neville](/source/Margot_Neville), pseudonym of Margot Goyder and Ann Goyder
* [Margot O'Neill](/source/Margot_O'Neill) (born 1958), Australian journalist, writer and producer
* [Margot Osmeña](/source/Margot_Osme%C3%B1a) (born 1949), Filipino politician
* [Margot Pardoe](/source/Margot_Pardoe) (1902–1996), British children's writer
* [Margot Parker](/source/Margot_Parker) (born 1943), British politician
* [Margot Peet](/source/Margot_Peet) (1903–1995), American painter
* [Margot Perryman](/source/Margot_Perryman), British artist
* [Margot Peters](/source/Margot_Peters) (1933–2022), American novelist and biographer
* [Margot Pfannstiel](/source/Margot_Pfannstiel) (1926–1993), German journalist
* [Margot Philips](/source/Margot_Philips) (1902–1988), New Zealand painter
* [Margot Pilz](/source/Margot_Pilz), Austrian visual artist
* [Margot Prior](/source/Margot_Prior) (1937–2020), Australian psychologist and autism researcher
* [Margot von Renesse](/source/Margot_von_Renesse) (1940–2022), German politician
* [Margot Ravinel](/source/Margot_Ravinel) (born 2002), French ski mountaineer
* [Margot Rhys](/source/Margot_Rhys) (1914–1996), Australian actress
* [Margot Rojas Mendoza](/source/Margot_Rojas_Mendoza) (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher
* [Margot Robbie](/source/Margot_Robbie) (born 1990), Australian actress
* [Margot Robinne](/source/Margot_Robinne) (born 1991), French footballer
* [Margot Römer](/source/Margot_R%C3%B6mer) (1938–2005), Venezuelan artist
* [Margot Roosevelt](/source/Margot_Roosevelt) (born 1950), American journalist
* [Margot Rose](/source/Margot_Rose) (born 1956), American actress
* [Margot Ruddock](/source/Margot_Ruddock) (1907–1951), English actress, poet and singer
* Margot Sanger-Katz, American journalist
* [Margot von Schlieffen](/source/Margot_von_Schlieffen) (1921–2014), German film editor
* [Margot Lee Shetterly](/source/Margot_Lee_Shetterly) (born 1969), American nonfiction writer
* [Margot Shiner](/source/Margot_Shiner) (1923–1998), German-British gastroenterologist
* [Margot Shumway](/source/Margot_Shumway) (born 1979), American rower
* [Margot Siegel](/source/Margot_Siegel) (1923–2015), American journalist
* [Margot Sikabonyi](/source/Margot_Sikabonyi) (born 1982), Italian actress
* [Margot Singer](/source/Margot_Singer), American short story writer and novelist
* [Margot Smith](/source/Margot_Smith) (1966–2011), Australian musical artist
* [Margot Sponer](/source/Margot_Sponer) (1898–1945), German philologist and resistant fighter
* [Margot Stern Strom](/source/Margot_Stern_Strom) (1941–2023), American educator
* [Margot Stevenson](/source/Margot_Stevenson) (1912–2011), American actress
* [Margot Sunderland](/source/Margot_Sunderland), British psychologist
* Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995), widely known as [Margot](/source/Margot_(activist)), Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective
* [Margot Taulé](/source/Margot_Taul%C3%A9) (1920–2008), Dominican engineer and architect
* [Margot Thien](/source/Margot_Thien) (born 1971), American synchronized swimmer
* [Margot Tomes](/source/Margot_Tomes) (1917–1991), American artist and illustrator
* [Margot Trooger](/source/Margot_Trooger) (1923–1994), German actress
* [Margot Turner](/source/Margot_Turner) (1910–1993), British nurse
* [Margot Vanpachtenbeke](/source/Margot_Vanpachtenbeke) (born 1999), Belgian cyclist
* [Margot Vella](/source/Margot_Vella), Australian dual-code rugby player
* [Margot Walle](/source/Margot_Walle) (1921–1990), Norwegian figure skater
* [Margot Wallström](/source/Margot_Wallstr%C3%B6m) (born 1954), Swedish politician
* [Margot Walter](/source/Margot_Walter) (1903–1994), German actress
* [Margot Wells](/source/Margot_Wells) (born 1952), British athlete
* [Margot Werner](/source/Margot_Werner) (1937–2012), Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actress
* [Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild](/source/Margot_Wicki-Schwarzschild) (1931–2020), German Holocaust witness
* [Margot Wikström](/source/Margot_Wikstr%C3%B6m) (1936–2010) Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party
* [Margot Williams](/source/Margot_Williams_(botanist)), American botanist
* [Margot Yerolymos](/source/Margot_Yerolymos) (born 1997), French tennis player
* [Margot Zemach](/source/Margot_Zemach) (1931–1989), American illustrator
* [Margot Zuidhof](/source/Margot_Zuidhof) (born 1992), Dutch field hockey player

== People with the surname Margot ==
* [Georges Margot](/source/Georges_Margot) (1902–1998), French equestrian
* [Jean-Luc Margot](/source/Jean-Luc_Margot) (born 1969), Belgian astronomer
* [Manuel Margot](/source/Manuel_Margot) (born 1994), Dominican baseball player

== In entertainment and culture ==
* ''Margot'', 2009 film starring [Anne-Marie Duff](/source/Anne-Marie_Duff) as ballerina Margot Fonteyn
* ''[Margot at the Wedding](/source/Margot_at_the_Wedding)'', 2007 American film by Noah Baumbach
* [''La Reine Margot''](/source/La_Reine_Margot_(novel)), 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas
* [''La Reine Margot'' (1994 film)](/source/La_Reine_Margot_(1994_film)), 1994 film based on the Dumas novel starring Isabelle Adjani
* Margot, a character in the film ''[Legally Blonde](/source/Legally_Blonde)''
* Margot, a character in the comic book ''[Nemesis: Reloaded](/source/Nemesis%3A_Reloaded)'', ''[Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery](/source/Nemesis%3A_Rogues'_Gallery)'', and ''[Nemesis: Forever](/source/Nemesis%3A_Forever)''
* Margot Tenenbaum, a character in the film ''[The Royal Tenenbaums](/source/The_Royal_Tenenbaums)'' 
* Margot, the protagonist of [Ray Bradbury](/source/Ray_Bradbury)'s ''[All Summer in a Day](/source/All_Summer_in_a_Day)''
* Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film ''[Dial M For Murder](/source/Dial_M_for_Murder)''
* Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel ''[Decline and Fall](/source/Decline_and_Fall)'' 
* Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial ''[The Shadow](/source/The_Shadow_(serial))''
* Margot Leadbetter, the Goods' neighbour, a character in the 1970s British sitcom ''[The Good Life (1975 TV series)](/source/The_Good_Life_(1975_TV_series))''

==References==
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