Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of Margaret.
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Rootmargarites
VariantsMargaréta (Hungarian) Margrethe, Merete, Merethe (Danish) Margareta, Marit, Marita, Margaretha, Merit (Swedish) Margrete, Margrethe, Marit, Marita (Norwegian) Maret, Margareeta (Estonian) Margitta, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margrit (German) Margrith (German (Swiss))
DiminutivesGitta, Gréta (Hungarian) Grete, Grethe, Meta, Mette (Danish) Greta, Märta, Meta (Swedish) Grete, Grethe, Mette (Norwegian)
Other Languages & CulturesRetha (Afrikaans) Margarita, Megi (Albanian) Margarita (Ancient Roman) Margarid, Margarit (Armenian) Marharyta (Belarusian) Margarita (Bulgarian) Margarida (Catalan) Margareta (Croatian) Markéta, Gita, Margita (Czech) Margaretha, Margriet, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Marga, Margreet, Marit (Dutch) Margaret, Margery, Margret, Greta, Gretchen, Gretta, Jorie, Madge, Mae, Maegan, Maeghan, Maggie, Maisie, Mamie, Margaretta, Margarette, Marge, Margie, Margo, Marje, Marjorie, Marjory, May, Mayme, Mazie, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Meghan, Meghann, Midge, Mysie, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Retha, Rita (English) Maisey, Maisy (English (British)) Maarit, Margareta, Marketta, Margareeta, Reeta, Reetta (Finnish) Marguerite, Margaux, Margot, Mégane (French) Margarida (Galician) Megi (Georgian) Margarita (Greek) Margalit, Margalita (Hebrew) Margrét, Gréta (Icelandic) Máighréad, Máiréad, Mairéad (Irish) Margherita, Greta, Rita (Italian) Meruert (Kazakh) Margarita, Grēta, Megija, Rita (Latvian) Margreet (Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita (Literature) Margarita, Greta, Rita (Lithuanian) Margaid, Paaie (Manx) Meggy (Medieval English) Margarida (Occitan) Morvarid (Persian) Magrite (Picard) Małgorzata, Gosia, Greta, Małgosia, Marzena, Rita (Polish) Margarida, Rita (Portuguese) Margareta (Romanian) Margarita (Russian) Maisie (Scottish) Maighread, Mairead, Marsaili, Peigi (Scottish Gaelic) Margaréta, Margita (Slovak) Margareta, Marjeta, Marjetka, Meta, Metka (Slovene) Margarita, Rita (Spanish) Marharyta (Ukrainian) Magrite (Walloon) Marged, Mererid, Mared, Megan (Welsh)
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Entry updated July 2, 2017