THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Margaret
Margaret is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Margaret. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈmɑːɡɹɪt/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈmɑːɡəɹɪt/Received-Pronunciation
- /-ət/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈmɑɹɡɹɪt/General-American
- /ˈmɑɹɡəɹɪt/General-American
- /-ət/General-American
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Derived from English Margaret, from the name of a legendary third century saint, borrowed from Old French Margaret, from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
a female given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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People with the name Margaret
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Maggie Wilson
Filipino actress (born 1989)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Maggie Wilson
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Margaret in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Margaret
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Margarette·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Margarita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Margarito♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Marjoret♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Marfred·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Marga♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Margani·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Margaux♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Margaret?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Margaret further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q4963612 — Margaret (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Maggie Wilson (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4963612 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Margaret (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Margaret (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.