Margaret

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Gender Female Word/name Greek		Name day May 23 or January 25th Meaning Pearl

Related names Maggie, Mairead, Madge, Marge, Margie, Megan, Rita, Greta and Peggy.

Margaret is a female first name, originally derived from Persian "Morvared" meaning Pearl and in Sanskrit मञ्जरी mañjarī meaning 'pearl' or 'cluster of blossoms.' Other spelling variations are French (Marguerite) and Latin (Margarita) from Greek Margarites. It means pearl or flower.

Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second most popular name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census.

Margaret has a large number of diminutive forms in many different languages.

Variant forms

Alternate forms of Margaret, including short forms and pet names, include:

Name Margaret in other languages

Armenian - Մարգարիտ

Bulgarian - Маргарита or Марго or Маги

Czech - Markéta

Danish - Margrethe

Finnish - Margareeta, Maarit

French - Marguerite, Margot, Margaux

Scottish Gaelic - Mairead

Irish - Mairéad

German, Dutch - Margarete or Margareta

Greek - Μαργαρίτα (Margarita)

Hungarian - Margit or Margaréta

Icelandic - Margrét

Italian - Margherita

Kazakh - Meruwert

Marathi - Manjiri

Polish - Małgorzata

Portuguese - Margarida

Romanian - Margareta

Russian - Маргарита or Рита

Spanish - Margarita

Sanskrit - Mañjarī

Swedish - Margareta, Margit, Greta, Rita

Ukrainian - Маргарита, Марго, Рита

Japanese - マーガレット/Māgaretto

Austria

Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318–1369)

Belgium and the Netherlands (the Low Countries)

Margaret of York (1446–1503), Duchess of Burgundy and wife of Philip the Bold, Regent of France

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530), Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy by her two marriages

Margaret of Parma (1522–1586), illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst

Denmark

Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412)

England, Scotland, and United Kingdom

Saint Margaret of Scotland, (c. 1045–1093), Queen of Scots

Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482), wife of King Henry VI of England

Margaret Pole, born Princess Margaret of York & Clarence (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), Countess of Salisbury She was the daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Warwick, & Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence

Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), elder sister of Henry VIII of England and great-grandmother of James I of England

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, (1443–1509), mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England

Margaret Douglas (1515–1578), daughter of Margaret Tudor

Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882–1920), elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002), only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

France

Margaret of Provence (1221–1285)

Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant (1254–1271)

Margaret of Angoulême (1492–1549)

Margaret of Valois (1553–1615)

Hungary

Margaret of Hungary (1175–1223), wife of Isaac II Angelos Byzantine Emperor

Norway

Margaret of Scotland (Maid of Norway) (1282–1290)

Sainted

Saint Margaret the Virgin - the oldest and much the most prominent; also known as Margaret of Antioch

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (see Marie Alacoque)

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Hungary (1242–1270)

Margaret of Clitherow

Saint Margaret of England

Margaret the Barefooted

Beatified

Margaret of Castello

Margaret Pole

Margaret Ward

Artists and authors

Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist and poet

Margaret Avison, Canadian poet

Margaret Berger, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist

Margaret Celine Buckens, British actress

Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress

Margaret Clark (born 1943), Australian author

Margaret Clarkson, English artist

Margaret Deland, American author

Margaret Drabble, English author

Margaret Forster, British author

Margaret Fuller, American critic

Margaret Hillis, American conductor

Margaret Larkin (1899–1967), American writer

Margaret Laurence, Canadian novelist

Margaret Leighton, English actress

Margaret Ogden (born 1952), American fantasy author best known by the pen name Robin Hobb

Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990), British actress

Margaret Mitchell, American author

Margaret Oliphant, Scottish author

Margaret Peterson Haddix, American writer

Margaret Rutherford, British actress of the stage and screen

Maggie Smith (born 1934), British actress

Margaret Travolta, American actress

Margaret Walker, American author

Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), American popular music and country music singer

Margaret Wise Brown, American author

Educators and scientists

Margaret Burbidge, British astronomer

Margaret Angela Haley, American educator, promoted teachers unions

Margaret Hutchinson, English educator, naturalist and author

Margaret Mead, American anthropologist

Margaret Warner Morley, American biologist, wrote children's books on biology

Margaret Floy Washburn, American psychologist

Other

Margaret Brennan (nun), Canadian nun

Margaret Brent, British colonial landowner, called the first American feminist

Margaret Cochran Corbin, fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War and was given a pension by Congress

Margaret Court, Australian tennis player

Margaret Groos, American long-distance runner

Margaret Haughery, philanthropist known as "the mother of the orphans"

Margaret Hoelzer, American swimmer

Margaret E. Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers

Margaret Lowenthal, American politician

Margaret Martin (bodybuilder), American professional bodybuilder

Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, American philanthropist who established the Russell Sage Foundation

Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement in the United States

Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990

Fictional characters

Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare

Margaret, a Little Britain character

Margaret, a robin in Regular Show

Margaret "Peggy" Carter, a character featured in several storylines published by Marvel comics

Margaret Hale, in the 1855 novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Margaret Hooper, secretary to White House Chiefs of Staff Leo McGarry and CJ Cregg played by NiCole Robinson on the television series The West Wing

Margaret Houlihan, character in both the movie and television show M*A*S*M*A*S*H

Margaret "Peggy" Bundy, a character played by Katey Sagal in the 1987-1997 Fox sitcom, Married... with Children

Margaret Mildred "Kit" Kittredge, in the Kit Kittredge series of American Girl books and related toys

Margaret "Meg" March, character in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Margaret Meldrew, wife of Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave

Margaret "Meg" Murry, in the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Mistress Margaret Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, by Shakespeare

Margaret Simon, titular character in Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Margaret Evelyn "Maggie" Simpson, in the TV show The Simpsons

Margaret White, in the novel Carrie by Stephen King

References

Margaret Wikipedia

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