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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

MargauxIn Hebrew: מרגו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Margaux (Hebrew: מרגו) is a girl's name of international origin. 206 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1963, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
206
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1963
10 babies
USA, 2025
191
rank #1,198

Writing and saying Margaux

In Hebrew letters the name is מרגו, read right to left. Margaux is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Margaux by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Margaux: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Margaux in English-speaking countries

Margaux in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025191#1,1982021 (204)
United Kingdom202594#4682024 (105)
England and Wales202588#4552024 (102)
Scotland20256#4742025 (6)
Ireland20253#8502024 (7)
Alberta20256#6982019 (9)
Quebec202524#2462024 (26)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Margaux has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Margaux

How do you write Margaux in Hebrew?

Margaux is written מרגו in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Margaux?

206 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מרגו: 206 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Margaux a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named מרגו are women.

Is Margaux used outside Israel?

The name Margaux appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 191 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,198), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 94 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.