Name info: About the name Margaretha in particular | Gender: | female |
Languages of use: | German, Scandinavian, Slavic |
Popularity: | no rank in any popularity list in this database |
Similarly written: | Margareta, Margarethe, Margaritha, Margaret, Margarete, Margarita, Margreth, Margrethe, Margritha Details |
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Group info: About Margarete, the group of names with the same origin as Margaretha | 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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