Margot
Meaning and origin
From French Margot. First recorded in Sweden in 1804.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Margot (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Margot has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,420 |
| 2000 | 3,362 |
| 2001 | 3,289 |
| 2002 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 3,162 |
| 2004 | 3,091 |
| 2005 | 3,043 |
| 2006 | 2,974 |
| 2007 | 2,897 |
| 2008 | 2,809 |
| 2009 | 2,725 |
| 2010 | 2,641 |
| 2011 | 2,551 |
| 2012 | 2,447 |
| 2013 | 2,370 |
| 2014 | 2,295 |
| 2015 | 2,212 |
| 2016 | 2,128 |
| 2017 | 2,032 |
| 2018 | 1,948 |
| 2019 | 1,867 |
| 2020 | 1,795 |
Margot in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Margot.Hi! My name is Margot.
- Margot ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Margot called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Margot i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Margot this afternoon.
- Margots mamma är lärare.Margot's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Margots mamma is Margot's mum.
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Questions about Margot
How do you pronounce Margot in Swedish?
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What does the name Margot mean?
From French Margot. First recorded in Sweden in 1804.
How popular is Margot in Sweden?
10 babies were named Margot in 2022. In 2020, 1,795 people in Sweden had Margot as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.