Name Group Margarete

Group info:

Meaning/translation:	the pearl
Language of origin:	Old Greek
Info about origin:	known in the Middle Ages as the name of Saint Margaret of Antioch (3th/4th century AD)
	the greek word margarites might come from a Persian word with the meaning child of light (from a belief that a pearl is a drop of dew transformed by moonlight)
Words:	margarites = the pearl Old Greek
Topics:	14 Holy Helpers
Variants' top ranks:	1:Margaret England+Wales 1944, 3:Megan England+Wales 1998, 4:Rita Croatia 2021, 4:Marit Norway 2015, 4:Malgorzata Poland 2012, 5:Margareta Sweden 2014, 5:Margarita Mexico 2008, 7:Greta Italy 2014, 7:Margrethe Greenland 2011, 8:Margit Hungary 2014

Name variants:

All variants, grouped by language of use

Language	Female Variants	Male Variants
German	Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grethe, Grit, Gritli, Gritt, Gritta, Magret, Marga, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margot, Margret, Margreth, Margrit, Margrith, Meta, Reta, Rita
Italian	Margherita, Rita
Dutch	Margritha
Portuguese	Margarida
French	Margaux, Margot, Marguerite, Megane
Spanish	Margarita, Margaritha, Rita
Scandinavian	Greta, Grethe, Margareta, Margaretha, Margit, Margitta, Margrete, Margrethe, Marit, Märta, Merete
English	Greta, Maegan, Maggie, Maggy, Maisie, Maisy, Margaret, Marge, Margery, Margie, Margo, Marjorie, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Meggy, Meghan, Peggy
Swiss German	Gritli
Czech	Markéta
Welsh	Megan
Scottish	Mairead, Maisie
Finnish	Maarit
Hungarian	Gréta
Slavic	Margareta, Margaretha
Polish	Malgorzata
Icelandic	Margrét, Margrjet

Name variants:

63 female name variants, sorted by name and gender

Name	Languages of Use
Greta	German, Scandinavian, English
Gréta	Hungarian
Gretchen	German
Grete	German
Gretel	German
Grethe	German, Scandinavian
Grit	German
Gritli	German, Swiss German
Gritt	German
Gritta	German
Maarit	Finnish
Maegan	English
Maggie	English
Maggy	English
Magret	German
Mairead	Scottish
Maisie	English, Scottish
Maisy	English
Malgorzata	Polish
Marga	German
Margaret	English
Margareta	German, Scandinavian, Slavic
Margarete	German
Margaretha	German, Scandinavian, Slavic
Margarethe	German
Margarida	Portuguese
Margarita	Spanish
Margaritha	Spanish
Margaux	French
Marge	English
Margery	English
Margherita	Italian
Margie	English
Margit	Scandinavian
Margitta	Scandinavian
Margo	English
Margot	German, French
Margret	German
Margrét	Icelandic
Margrete	Scandinavian
Margreth	German
Margrethe	Scandinavian
Margrit	German
Margrith	German
Margritha	Dutch
Margrjet	Icelandic
Marguerite	French
Marit	Scandinavian
Marjorie	English
Markéta	Czech
Märta	Scandinavian
Meagan	English
Meaghan	English
Meg	English
Megan	English, Welsh
Megane	French
Meggy	English
Meghan	English
Merete	Scandinavian
Meta	German
Peggy	English
Reta	German
Rita	German, Spanish, Italian