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Margeurite by a mile. I think it's, on the right person, sleek and yes, retro, and elegant and little bit femme-fatale. At the same time, it wouldn't look too adult on a teenager (on a child, maybe, but that would be a passing phase) and if the bearer didn't grow up to be elegant and sleek and femme-fatale-y, it'd still suit them, it wouldn't look silly. Anyway, I love it. It would be great as a fn or mn.

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Margot, well, I prefer Margaux, simply because it looks less like Maggot. But I guess it also looks less fresh and more pretentious. Anyway, it's more mn than fn material for me.

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Margaret, I should like. I've known some wonderful Margarets in my time. I just find it dull.

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I don't think any of them need a nickname. And even though you've said otherwise, I think if you were to give Marguerite a nn, Margaux would be the way to go.

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Margaret "Peggy" wouldn't work very well here in the UK, at least at the moment. Too much of a vibe of a famous shrill character from a famous gloomy soap. But give it ten years, and that'd probably be forgotten, I guess. I still don't like it.