| Name info: About the name Margaret in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Diminutives: | Maegan, Maisy, Marge, Megan |
| Short forms: | Maggy, Meg |
| Saints: | Margaret of Antioch |
| US 2021 rank: | #125 ... 123:Mackenzie, 124:Maeve, 125:Margaret, 126:Reagan, 127:Charlie ... Full US 2021 list |
| Similarly written: | Margareta, Margarete, Margret, Margrét, Magret, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margarita, Margrete, Margreth Details |
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| Group info: About Margarete, the group of names with the same origin as Margaret | | 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: | Greta, Gréta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grethe, Grit, Gritli, Gritt, Gritta, Maarit, Maegan, Maggie, Maggy, Magret, Mairead, Maisie, Maisy, Malgorzata, Marga, Margaret, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margarida, Margarita, Margaritha, Margaux, Marge, Margery, Margherita, Margie, Margit, Margitta, Margo, Margot, Margret, Margrét, Margrete, Margreth, Margrethe, Margrit, Margrith, Margritha, Margrjet, Marguerite, Marit, Marjorie, Markéta, Märta, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Megane, Meggy, Meghan, Merete, Meta, Peggy, Reta, Rita Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Margaret | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Canada | Graph | 2022 205, 2021 280 |
| England+Wales decades | Graph | 1964 39, 1954 4, 1944 1, 1934 1, 1924 1, 1914 2, 1904 7 |
| Ireland | Graph | 2001 95, 1999 97 |
| USA decades | Graph | 2010-2019 158, 2000-2009 137, 1990-1999 107, 1980-1989 95, 1970-1979 101, 1960-1969 53 |
| USA prevalence | | 1990 9 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2022 128, 2021 125, 2020 126, 2019 127, 2018 127, 2017 132, 2016 139, 2015 154, 2014 169, 2013 180, 2012 178, 2011 187, 2010 182, 2009 187, 2008 177, 2007 173, 2006 160, 2005 151, 2004 133, 2003 128, 2002 129, 2001 118, 2000 110, 1999 110, 1998 114, 1997 110, 1996 105, 1995 104, 1994 106, 1993 102 |
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