Margot
Greek at root, meaning "pearl," and carried into Poland by way of French. Fewer than 500 women share it across the whole country, so most Poles have never met one.
Margot Pronunciation
Margot is pronounced MAHR-got (/ˈmargɔt/).
What Margot means
Where Margot comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Margot began in Greek, where "margaritēs" meant pearl. It traveled into Latin as "margarita" and bloomed in France as Marguerite, the flower and the name at once. Margot is the short, worn-in French form of that longer name. The pearl sits underneath it still.
In French history the name belongs to Marguerite de Valois, the queen everyone called Margot, married to the future Henri IV in 1572. Alexandre Dumas later made her the heroine of a novel, "La Reine Margot," and the name has held a whiff of the court ever since.
The meaning is a small one. A pearl. Something that grows slowly inside a shell, formed without a chisel.
On a Polish class register the name looks foreign and clear, four letters that a teacher reads without stumbling. It has no Polish diminutive of its own, so it stays Margot on every official form at the urząd. What it keeps is the oldest thing about it, the Greek word for pearl, perła.
How many people are named Margot
1 in 49766 women in Poland is named Margot. 453 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1391 among female names.
Margot's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Margot is most popular
Margot is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Silesian2 girls born+850%
Margot as a middle name
Margot is a first name for 453 women in Poland and a middle name for another 225, a 67/33 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 451st, between Eunika (225) and Clara (224).
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#449 Miranda226
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#450 Eunika225
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#451 Margot225
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#452 Clara224
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#453 Cecilia222