Margo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Margaux in FR France, ES Spain, BE Belgium and 3 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 17 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◐

Margo is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name42K records spelled Margo14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Margô, Margó, Margò, Márgo, Margö

• a separate given name17K records spelled Margo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Margô, Margó

• French given name16K records spelled Margo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Marg'O

• Russian given name4.6K records spelled Margo37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Марго, Margot, Маргот, Margaux, Margò

• Indonesian given name2.3K records spelled Margo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Netherlands

  Also written Margô

• Japanese given name957 records spelled Margo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Japan, Netherlands, Canada

  Also written Margò, Margó

• Czech given name465 records spelled Margo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, Russia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Margó

52 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●

Margo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Possibly an altered spelling of French Margot, from a pet form of the female personal name Marguerite (see Margeson).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• probably from a personal name, Margo, variant of Marco.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, weibl. Vom., eindeutschende, die französische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Portuguese, first-person singular present indicative of margar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, a male given name, variant of Markus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 120 years between 1905–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Margo Lionb. 1899FRGerman singer and actress (1899–1989)
• Margob. 1917MXAmerican actress (1917–1985)
• Margo Winklerb. 1930USAmerican actress
• Margo MacDonaldb. 1943GBScottish politician (1943–2014)
• Margo Martindaleb. 1951USAmerican actress
• Margo Lanaganb. 1960AUAustralian writer
• Margo Stilleyb. 1982USAmerican actress
• Margo Priceb. 1983USAmerican singer-songwriter
• Margo Harshmanb. 1986USAmerican actress
• Margo Hayesb. 1998USAmerican professional rock climber

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 · 493 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Margo?

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

In which country does Margo have the most bearers?

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

Where is Margo most common?

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

How common is Margo compared with other names?

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

Is Margo a male or female name?

Margo 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 Margo mean?

Recorded meaning: French; pearl; originally a nickname from Margaret, now independent