Margarita is a a female first name, originally derived from Persian "Morvared" meaning Pearl and in Sanskrit मञ्जरी mañjarī meaning 'pearl' or 'cluster of blossoms. In Latin it came from the greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, borrowed from the Persians. The flower "Daisy" is called Margarita in Spanish, Greek and other languages. It is also used in Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Russian. It is a variant of the Persian name Margaret. Persons with this name include:
Infanta Margarita, 2nd Duchess of Hernani (b. 1939)
Margaret of Austria (1584–1611)
Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Dutch princess
Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Greek princess
Margarita Teresa of Spain, Holy Roman Empress
Princess Margarita of Romania (b. 1949)
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Dominican politician and lawyer, current First Lady and Vice President Elect of the Dominican Republic
Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), Soviet poet and journalist
Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002), fourteenth in line for the British throne
Margarita Carmen Cansino, the birth name of American actress Rita Hayworth
Nitza Margarita Cintron, Chief of Space Medicine at NASA's Johnson Space Center
Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
Margarita Henríquez, Panamese TV personality
Margarita Karapanou, Greek novelist
Margarita Volkovinskaya, the birth name of Uzbekistan actress Rita Volk
Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
Margarita López, politician in New York City, USA
Margarita Beatriz Luna, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico
Margarita Miniati, Greek scholar and writer
Margarita Moran-Floirendo, Miss Universe 1973 from the Philippines
Margarita Mamun, Russian rhythmic gymnast
Margarita Michailidou, Greek taekwondo athlete
Margarita Mukasheva, Kazakhstani runner
Margarita Nazarova (disambiguation), several people
Margarita Plevritou, Greek water polo player
Margarita Ponomaryova (b. 1963), Russian hurdler
Margarita Pracatan, Brazilian singer
Margarita Rivière, Spanish journalist and writer
Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Spanish aristocrat
Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Lithuanian politician
Margarita Xirgu, Spanish stage actress
Margarita Zavala, former First Lady of Mexico
Fictional
Alexandra Margarita Russo, a.k.a. Alex Russo, a character from Wizards of Waverly Place, and her mother Theresa Magdalena Margarita Russo
Margarita Nikolaevna, one of the protagonists in the novel The Master and Margarita by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov
Margarete/ Gretchen in Faust from Goethe
Marguerite Gautier, protagonist in the 1848 novel and 1852 play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It was made a movie "Camille" (1936) by George Cukor.
Marge Simpson (mother) and Maggie Simpson (daughter) in the animated television series "The Simpsons".
