Margaret

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For other uses, see Margaret (disambiguation).
Margaret
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Margaret the Virgin is one of many saints named Margaret.
Gender Female
Name day May 23
Origin
Word/name Greek, Sanskrit, Persian
Meaning Pearl
Other names
Related names Maggie, Mairead, Madge, Marge, Margie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Greta, Peg and Peggy.

Margaret is a female first name, derived via French (Marguerite) and Latin (Margarita) from Greek Margarites, derived from the noun margaron meaning 'pearl'.[1] The Greek is probably related to the Sanskrit मञ्जरी mañjarī meaning 'pearl' or 'cluster of blossoms.'[2][3][4]

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.[5]

Variant forms

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

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Name Margaret in other languages

Nicknames of Margaret

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People named Margaret include:

Aristocrats

Austria

Belgium and the Netherlands (the Low Countries)

Denmark

England & Scotland & United Kingdom

  • 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

France

Hungary

Norway

Religious figures

Sainted

Beatified

Artists and authors

Educators and scientists

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press.
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