Magot

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Girl · Greek, through Old French

Magot

Say it: MAG-ut

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Meaning

A medieval English pet form of Margaret, with the French diminutive ending -ot.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Recorded as a woman's name in medieval English records; it survives in the surnames Maggs and Magson.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

English

The family of the name

Other spellings: Magota, Maggot

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Where this comes from

  • English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)

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