I love [name]Margot[/name] right now, though I know the realities of a non name nerd world and I feel like [name]Margot[/name] with a t on the end may not be perceived well. [name]Do[/name] you think a little [name]Margot[/name]/[name]Margo[/name]/[name]Margaux[/name] would have a difficult time with her name?
I know both a [name]Margo[/name] and 2 [name]Margot[/name]'s. I had several classes with one of the [name]Margot[/name]'s - and no one ever struggled with her name, and I can’t remember a professor ever mispronouncing it…
[name]Truely[/name], I think each spelling is fine and none of them would create any serious issues (even in the non-berry world). If you prefer any spelling to the others, use it, you’re safe. But, here is my humble opinion:
[name]Margot[/name] - It just looks a bit too much like maggot for my taste
[name]Margo[/name] - Best
[name]Margaux[/name] - Unless you are french, this spelling just seems needlessly complicated to me
The Margots I know have been fine.
I haven’t known any Margauxs in person, but it is my favourite of the spellings.
[name]Margo[/name] looks odd to me, and dated the same way [name]Debra[/name] does. Probably it doesn’t help that the Margos I have known have been [name]Baby[/name] Boomers, but I just find that attempt to make it “shorter and easier” unattractive, if I didn’t like [name]Margot[/name]/[name]Margaux[/name] well enough in themselves to stick with them, I think I would personally rather find a “naturally easier” name, rather than attempt to re-spell it.
But I grew up with a name no one could say or spell and I survived the experience, lol.
I live in an area where [name]Margo[/name] is not a viable option for most because it would be considered too different, so this is giving me hope that in most areas of [name]America[/name] it’s not considered odd, yay! Yeah Skarbassoona, I was thinking people would think maggot right away, I can see why to being that it’s only one letter off.
[name]Margot[/name] is my most absolute favorite name ever! That being said, I know no one with this name [name]IRL[/name]. I personally will use the [name]Margot[/name] spelling (this is nearly certainly the name of my first daughter). [name]Margo[/name] looks incomplete to me and [name]Margaux[/name] gives me a headache just looking at it- plus I think it’s begging for pronunciation issues.
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[name]Margot[/name] - It just looks a bit too much like maggot for my taste/QUOTE]
This mentality drives me NUTS! I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone in the developed world could not know how to say [name]Margot[/name], it is light years away from maggot.
I for one think that [name]Margot[/name] is a stunning name, it is elegant, feminine, sophisticated and classy. In my opinion it is nowhere near the name [name]Margaret[/name], the first name [name]Margot[/name] creates an image of an elegant lady, and sadly and no offence to the Margarets, [name]Margaret[/name] is simply a stodgy name.
Now I live in Australia and people have been using the name [name]Margot[/name] since the beginning of the 20th century, there was lull after WW2 till the 70’s and then it started to take off again and now it is back in fashion and wowing a lot of people.
I am staggered to read that a PP thought it was too way out to use in their area, [name]Margot[/name] has never been a way out name.
By now you may have realised that I am on my “butterbox” in regard to this name and that is simply because it is MY name.
I can 100% say that no one has every stumbled over my name, most people know how to spell it, although there are a few who don’t know that the most common spelling is with the silent “t” on the end, but that is a small issue overall.
Someone asked me my name the other day (first and surname) and they were so impressed by the combo that they thought it deserved to be in “Days of Our Lives”. (Dubious honour, but I think I know where they were coming from).
I love my name and so did my mother and so will a generation of children born in this generation. It is gorgeous.
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My baby is a [name]Margot[/name] and we get compliments daily 
Her big sis is Leisl and we get lots of love from that too.
I think all of them are fine. In areas with more exposure to French / more international mindsets in general, [name]Margot[/name] and [name]Margaux[/name] should both be easy enough ([name]Margot[/name] probably looks more right though). In areas with less, I do think [name]Margo[/name] is more straightforward, although I also think most people will get over the silent ‘t’ or the ‘aux’ with an explanation or too.
A helpful reference “silent t like in Chevrolet” : D.
I’ve known a [name]Margo[/name] (adult, but younger than middle-aged, that spelling) and she loved her name. If I ever use I probably will use that spelling, although I’ve warmed up to [name]Margot[/name].
I would use the [name]Margot[/name] spelling. I think it is common enough that people will not have pronunciation issues. (not to say it is a common name but it is well enough known.)
I would go with [name]Margot[/name]
[name]Margo[/name] looks unfinished and [name]Margaux[/name] is too over the top and unnecessary. [name]Margot[/name] is a beautiful spelling.
The [name]Margot[/name] spelling is the one I am most familiar with - I think it’s a great name - just different enough but not hard to spell or pronounce in my opinion
[name]Margo[/name] looks like you’re dumbing it down for people. [name]Margaux[/name] seems overly complicated if you aren’t French. I vote for [name]Margot[/name].
[name]Margot[/name] is my favorite. I know one in her 60s who spells it this way.
[name]Margo[/name] is ok
Margoux I find a bit over-the-top
Where I am in [name]Brooklyn[/name] I don’t think many people would be thrown off by any of the spellings.
i like margot - my nieces friend is margot nn maggie. margo looks a bit incomplete and the third spelling looks french so if you are not french i would wonder
I’ve only ever known a [name]Margo[/name] in real life. When I first read [name]Margot[/name] on NM I read “mar-got.” I imagine a little girl would have to make this correction quite a bit in real life where people are not as familiar with names.
It’s not popular but my aunts name is [name]Margit[/name]. (I’m sure the -git ending isn’t helping with the English speaking population).
My favorite is [name]Margo[/name], but I love [name]Margot[/name] too. I prefer [name]Margo[/name] because I think it looks the sleekest and most sophisticated, eliminates any potential pronunciation problem, and doesn’t look as much like Maggot. I met one toddler [name]Margot[/name] about 7 years ago, and I went to elementary with another. (And, yes, she was sometimes teased with “maggot,” but that was fading away by the time we hit junior high, and she always seemed to like her name.) [name]Both[/name] [name]Margo[/name] and [name]Margot[/name] would be pretty easy to live with, imo.
[name]Margaux[/name] is far and away my least favorite spelling. It’s needlessly complicated, and I think it has a very different vibe than [name]Margo/name: less elegant and sophisticated, more wine-soaked and déclassé.
1 [name]Margot[/name] - classic, chic and French
2 [name]Margo[/name] - looks incomplete
3 [name]Margaux[/name] - over-the-top and complicated spelling. Also a wine brand Chateau [name]Margaux[/name].