Margaret
\maʁ.ɡa.ʁet\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of English origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Pronunciation | \maʁ.ɡa.ʁet\ |
Origin and meaning
From the name of 3rd century Saint Margaret the Virgin, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source. The same source, through folk etymology, has produced Old English meregrot (“pearl”, literally “stone or pebble of the sea”), related to Old Saxon merigrita, merigriota (“pearl”), Old High German merigrioz, equivalent to mer- + groat.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Sweden
- Armenia
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: LoquaxFR (France (Vosges)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).