Margareta

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Margarita in MX Mexico, AR Argentina, VE Venezuela and 8 more, Маргарита in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria, UA Ukraine and 4 more, Margarida in BR Brazil, PT Portugal and Margaret in GB United Kingdom, CZ Czechia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Margareta is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name39K records spelled Margareta14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Margaréta, Margaret-A, Märgareta, Margaretae, Margarèta

• Indonesian given name9.0K records spelled Margareta4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Sweden, United States, Romania

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Margareta', 'Margareta

• Czech given name5.1K records spelled Margareta3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Margaréta

• Polish given name4.2K records spelled Margareta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Sweden, Spain

  Also written Margaréta

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Margareta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Romania

  Also written Margaréta

• a separate given name145 records spelled Margareta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Margaréta

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Margareta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., Nebenform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Norwegian, a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret, rare in this official form

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, a surname originating as a matronymic

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Urāna pavadonis ("Margaret"), vidējais attālums no planētas - 14345000 km, izmēri - 20 km

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 65 years between 1898–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Margaret the Virginb. 292TRnot in their usual namesaint (275–304) usually shown with a dragon (292–307)
• Margaret of Franceb. 1282FRnot in their usual nameQueen of England
• Margaret III, Countess of Flandersb. 1350BEnot in their usual nameCountess suo jure of Flanders (1350-1405)
• Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoyb. 1480BEnot in their usual nameAustrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)
• Margaret Tudorb. 1489GBnot in their usual nameScottish Queen consort (1489-1541)
• Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spainb. 1584ATnot in their usual namequeen consort of Spain (1584-1611)
• Ingrid of Swedenb. 1910SEnot in their usual namequeen consort of Denmark
• Margareta of Romaniab. 1949CHHead of the House of Romania (2017 - present)
• Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgb. 1975DEnot in their usual nameDanish equestrian; youngest daughter and child of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• Princess Claire of Luxembourgb. 1985DEnot in their usual nameGerman bioethics researcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 267 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Margareta?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Margareta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Margareta have the most bearers?

Margareta is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled маргарита.

Where is Margareta most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Margareta is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 51 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Margareta compared with other names?

In Russia, Margareta is the 71st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Margareta a male or female name?

Margareta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Margareta mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek 'pearl'