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Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Old Iranian . [ 1 ] It has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages .
Marguerite is a French female given name, from which the English name Margaret is derived. Marguerite derives via Latin and Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), meaning "pearl". [1] It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower. [2] Those with the name include:
Margaret (English), Margherita (Italian), Marguerite (French), Margareta (Swedish), Margaretha (Dutch), Margarida (Portuguese), Margarete (German), Rita, Maggie Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages.
From the Old French, the Middle English forms of Margaret equally derive from the Greek for pearl. Margery, Marjorie and Marjory in the 14th century became a medieval softened translation of French and Church Latin versions of Margaret. After the Middle Ages this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century. [citation needed]
Margaretta is a feminine given name. It derives from Latin, where it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. [1] It is cognate with Margaret, Marguerite, and Margarita. [2] People with the name include: Margaretta Brucker (1883–1958), American fiction author
Mairead, also spelt Maighread, [1] is a feminine given name, the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of Margaret. [2] The Irish form is spelt Máiréad or Mairéad, or Máighréad. [1] Maisie is the pet form of Mairead. [2] Margaret is derived via French and Latin (Margarita) from Ancient Greek: μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) meaning "pearl". [3]
Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek margarites (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin margarita, it arrived in the German sprachraum.
Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, who was later called "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Molly Malone was the stage name of American silent film actress Violet Isabel Malone. Molly (also spelled Molli or Mollie) is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English diminutives in use since the Middle Ages, substituted l for r. English ...