Marguerite

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 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◐

Marguerite is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name22K records spelled Marguerite2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Marguérite

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name4.8K records spelled Marguerite2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Marguérite

• Hindi given name2.3K records spelled Marguerite7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Marguerité

• Azerbaijani given name2.0K records spelled Marguerite4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cameroon, Türkiye, United Kingdom

  Languages: Azerbaijani, Turkish

  Also written Marguérite

• Greek given name915 records spelled Marguerite4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Μαργκερίτ, Märgûeŕïte, Μαργκεριτ

78 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●

Marguerite 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 French, From Latin; originally meant “pearl.” Commonly also the name of a daisy-like flower.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In French, French given name; standard form, contrasted with the surname Margueritte in older spelling.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• From Greek. See Margaret and }Marguerite in main dictionary. Marianne ° Blend of marie and ANNE, used as the name of the female figure symbolizing the French Republic.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret

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

• In French, Du grec ancien margaritēs, « perle ». Fête: 16 novembre (sainte Marguerite d’Écosse) et 20 juillet (sainte Marguerite de Vercelli).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. 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 Anjoub. 1430FRnot in their usual name15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)
• Marguerite de Valois-Angoulêmeb. 1492FRqueen consort of Navarre (1492–1549)
• Margaret of Valoisb. 1553FRnot in their usual nameQueen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615).
• Marguerite Louise d'Orléansb. 1645FRFrench princess (1645-1721)
• Marguerite Longb. 1874FRFrench musician
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motherb. 1900GBnot in their usual nameQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
• Marguerite Yourcenarb. 1903USFrench novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
• Germaine Tillionb. 1907FRnot in their usual nameFrench anthropologist (1907 - 2008)
• Maggie McNamarab. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1928-1978)
• Princess Caroline of Monacob. 1957MCnot in their usual nameeldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly

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 · 712 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marguerite?

We estimate roughly 301 thousand people bear Marguerite (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Marguerite have the most bearers?

We estimate about 271 thousand people bear Marguerite in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marguerite.

Where is Marguerite most common?

Marguerite is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 250 people carrying it.

How common is Marguerite compared with other names?

In France, Marguerite is the 114th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Marguerite a male or female name?

Marguerite 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 Marguerite mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin Margarita ‘pearl’.