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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.
Margaret is derived via French and Latin (Margarita) from Ancient Greek: μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) meaning "pearl". [3] The Greek is borrowed from Indo-Iranian languages (Persian). [4] [5] Notable people with the name include: Mairead Buicke (born 1981), Irish operatic soprano also active in concert and recital work
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
Set in the 1970s, the story follows preteen Margaret Simon as she navigates a big move, religion, periods, boys, bras, and everything else that comes with growing up as a girl.
Margaret had a governess and was taught to play the piano and speak French," Glenconner added. "She was very well read and would have really enjoyed being educated in a more stringent fashion."
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.