Entry № 1549 · French, Greek origin

Margo Margo — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAR-go /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French, Greek
Meaning
"Pearl (Margo Martindale, three-time Emmy winner)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (French)

A name that means "pearl (margo martindale, three-time emmy winner)".

Margo is the French phonetic spelling of Margot — from the Greek margarites (pearl). **A top-300 US baby name from 1936 to 1962**. **Margo Martindale (born 1951)** — **American actress; three-time Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series — *Justified* (2011), *The Americans* (2015, 2016) — and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series (2013, *The Americans*)**; the most-Emmy-decorated guest dramatic actress of the 21st century. **Beloved as Mags Bennett in *Justified*; a recurring presence on *BoJack Horseman* (2014-2020) where she voiced a fictional version of herself called "Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale" — one of the most-memorable celebrity self-cameos in modern animation**. **Margo Robbie** is *Margot* (in slug list separately, Australian actress). **Margo Hemingway** (1954-1996) — American model and granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. **Margo Channing** — Bette Davis's character in *All About Eve* (1950) — one of the iconic Hollywood-aging characters in cinema history; Oscar nomination for Davis. **Margo Price** — American country singer.

Featured throughout 20th-21st century American cinema.

Pearl. Margo Martindale is the most-Emmy-decorated guest dramatic actress of the 21st century (three wins).

The name in its native script.

Margo
Transliteration
Margo
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːr.ɡoʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Margo stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 327 in 1957
Babies named Margo · last year
105 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1933
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #327 NOW · —

Margos before her.

Real people
Margo Martindale
American Emmy actress.
born 1951
Margo Hemingway
American model.
1954 – 1996
Margo Price
American country singer.
born 1983
In fiction
Margo Channing
All About Eve.
1950

Names connected to Margo.

The number behind Margo.

4

The Builder

Margo reduces to four — the number of Emmy wins.

Why families chose this name.

"Martindale's pearl. Five letters. Margo."
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