Margit

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◐

Margit is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name117K records spelled Margit11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Denmark, Austria, Norway

  Languages: German, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Margiṭ

• Croatian given name1.5K records spelled Margit9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Маргит

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Margit2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Margiṭ

44 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●

Margit is also recorded in 2 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., schwedische, norwegi­ sche und ungarische ['morgit] Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Swedish, Margit är en skandinavisk form av → Margareta. I den rikssvenska almanackan 15 juni och i den finlandssvenska 20 juli.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. 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 of Hungaryb. 1175HUnot in their usual nameEmpress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor
• Margaret of Hungaryb. 1242HUnot in their usual nameHungarian princess and saint (1242-1270)
• Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austriab. 1870HUnot in their usual namearchduchess of Austria (1870–1955)
• Margit Slachtab. 1884HUHungarian activist, editor (1884-1974)
• Margit Kovácsb. 1902HUHungarian sculptor (1902–1977)
• Margit Saadb. 1929DEGerman actress (1929–2023)
• Margit Nünkeb. 1930DEGerman beauty pageant winner and actor (1930–2015)
• Margit Korondib. 1932HUHungarian artistic gymnast (1932–2022)
• Margit Carstensenb. 1940DEGerman actress (1940–2023)
• Margaret Menegozb. 1941FRnot in their usual nameFrench film producer (1941–2024)

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 · 425 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Margit?

We estimate roughly 102 thousand people bear Margit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Margit have the most bearers?

We estimate about 72 thousand people bear Margit in Hungary, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled margit.

Where is Margit most common?

Margit is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 136 people carrying it.

How common is Margit compared with other names?

In Hungary, Margit is the 24th most common given name of 18,750 given names recorded there.

Is Margit a male or female name?

Margit 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 Margit mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret