Margaux

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Margo in US United States, BR Brazil, NL Netherlands and 10 more, Marco in PE Peru, LA Laos, TH Thailand, Mariko in HR Croatia, JP Japan and Marko in FI Finland, SI Slovenia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Margaux is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name21K records spelled Margaux11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written MãrgÃux

• Russian given name116 records spelled Margaux37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Марго, Margo, Margot, Маргот, Margò

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Margaux is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, French wine; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 51 years between 1975–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Margaux Hemingwayb. 1954USAmerican fashion model and actress
• Margaux Williamsonb. 1976CACanadian artist
• Margaux Guerardb. 1979USactress
• Margaux Chatelierb. 1990FRFrench actress
• Margaux Farrellb. 1990FRFrench swimmer
• Margaux Avrilb. 1991FRFrench singer songwriter
• Margaux Galliou-Lokob. 1993FRFrench basketball player (born 1993)
• Margaux Pinotb. 1994FRFrench judoka
• Margaux Laplaceb. 2000FRFrench actress
• Margaux Amieactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 304 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Margaux?

We estimate roughly 594 thousand people bear Margaux (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Margaux have the most bearers?

We estimate about 193 thousand people bear Margaux in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled margo.

Where is Margaux most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Margaux is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 84 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Margaux compared with other names?

In Japan, Margaux is the 98th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Margaux a male or female name?

Margaux is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Margaux mean?

Recorded meaning: Le margaux est un vin de Médoc rouge très réputé produit sur la commune de Margaux en Gironde.