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Margaret

October 15, 2023

For other uses, see Margaret (disambiguation).

Margaret is a popular feminine given name.

Margaret
Margaret the Virgin is one of many saints named Margaret
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈmɑːrɡərət/
GenderFemale
Name day23 May or 25 January
Origin
Language(s)Latin and Greek
MeaningPearl
Other names
Related namesMaggie, Máiréad, Madge, Marguerite, Margarita, Margareta, Margarida, Margarete, Marge, Margherita, Margo, Margot, Margie, Daisy, Margit, Meg, Megan, Mette, Maisie, Małgorzata, Rita, Gretchen, Gretel, Grethe, Greta, Peggy

Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census.

Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Margarete, Marge, Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy.[1]

Etymology Edit

Margaret is derived via French (Marguerite) and Latin (Margarita) from Ancient Greek: μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) meaning "pearl".[2] The Greek is borrowed from Persian.[3][4] Margarita (given name) traces the etymology further as مروارید, morvārīd in modern Persian, derived from Sogdian marγārt, both meaning 'pearl'.

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References Edit

  1. ^ Cecil Adams (8 January 1993). "Why is Peggy the nickname for Margaret?". The Straight Dope. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margaret" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 700.
  3. ^ George F. Kunz and Charles H. Stevenson, The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems (London and New York: MacMillan & Co., 1908), p. 305.
  4. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger. "Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ "MÁIRÉAD, MAIRÉAD - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. ^ "MAIGHRÉAD - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  7. ^ "MÁIRGHRÉAD, MAIRGHRÉAD - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

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Look up margaret in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • . Edgar’s Name Pages. 2001. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009.

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For other uses see Margaret disambiguation Margaret is a popular feminine given name MargaretMargaret the Virgin is one of many saints named MargaretPronunciationEnglish ˈ m ɑːr ɡ er e t GenderFemaleName day23 May or 25 JanuaryOriginLanguage s Latin and GreekMeaningPearlOther namesRelated namesMaggie Mairead Madge Marguerite Margarita Margareta Margarida Margarete Marge Margherita Margo Margot Margie Daisy Margit Meg Megan Mette Maisie Malgorzata Rita Gretchen Gretel Grethe Greta PeggyMargaret has been an English name since the 11th century and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages It became less popular between the 16th and 18th century but became more common again after this period becoming the second most popular female name in the United States in 1903 Since this time it has become less common but was still the ninth most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages including Maggie Madge Margarete Marge Margo Margie Marjorie Meg Megan Rita Greta Gretchen and Peggy 1 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Name variants 2 1 Full name 2 2 Diminutives 2 3 First half 2 4 Second half 3 Nobility 3 1 Austria 3 2 Belgium and the Netherlands 3 3 Denmark 3 4 England and Scotland 3 5 France 3 6 Hungary 3 7 Norway 3 8 Romania 4 Religion 4 1 Canonised 4 2 Beatified 5 Artists and authors 6 Educators and scientists 7 Politics 8 Sports 9 Other 10 Fictional characters 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksEtymology EditMargaret is derived via French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Ancient Greek margariths margarites meaning pearl 2 The Greek is borrowed from Persian 3 4 Margarita given name traces the etymology further as مروارید morvarid in modern Persian derived from Sogdian margart both meaning pearl Name variants EditFull name Edit Mairead Scottish Maighread Scottish Mairead Mairead Irish 5 Maighread Maighread Irish 6 Mairghread Mairghread Irish 7 Margaretha Dutch German Swedish Margriet Dutch Marjorie English Diminutives Edit Mae English Maggie English Maisie Scottish First half Edit Margot French Megan Welsh Second half Edit Greta English German Italian Lithuanian Polish Swedish Gretchen English German Rita English Estonian Hungarian Estonian Nobility EditAustria Edit Margaret Countess of Tyrol 1318 1369 Belgium and the Netherlands Edit Margaret of Austria Duchess of Savoy 1480 1530 Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy by her two marriages Margaret of Parma 1522 1586 illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst Margaret of York 1446 1503 Duchess of Burgundy and wife of Charles the Bold Regent of FranceDenmark Edit Margaret I of Denmark 1353 1412 Margrethe II of Denmark born 1940 England and Scotland Edit Lady Margaret Fortescue 1923 2013 one of the UK s largest private landowners Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby 1443 1509 mother of Henry VII of England and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England Margaret Douglas 1515 1578 daughter of Margaret Tudor Margaret of Anjou 1430 1482 wife of King Henry VI of England Margaret Pole born Princess Margaret of York and Clarence 1473 1541 Countess of Salisbury Margaret Tudor 1489 1541 elder sister of Henry VIII of England and great grandmother of James I of England Princess Margaret of Connaught 1882 1920 elder daughter of Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon 1930 2002 only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Saint Margaret of Scotland c 1045 1093 Queen of ScotsFrance Edit Margaret of France Duchess of Brabant 1254 1271 Margaret of Provence 1221 1285 Margaret of Valois 1553 1615 Marguerite de Navarre 1492 1549 Hungary Edit Margaret of Hungary 1175 1223 wife of Isaac II Angelos Byzantine EmperorNorway Edit Margaret of Scotland Maid of Norway 1282 1290 Romania Edit Margareta of Romania born 1949 Religion EditMargaret Brennan 1831 1887 Canadian nun Margaret B Denning 1856 1935 American missionary and temperance worker Margaret Sampson 1906 1988 English nunCanonised Edit Margaret Clitherow 1556 1586 Margaret the Barefooted 1325 1395 Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque 1647 1690 Saint Margaret of Castello 1287 1320 Saint Margaret of Cortona 1247 1297 Saint Margaret of England died 1192 Saint Margaret of Hungary 1242 1270 Saint Margaret of Scotland 1045 1093 Saint Margaret the Virgin the oldest and most prominent St Margaret also known as Margaret of Antioch c 209 304 AD Beatified Edit Margaret Pole 1473 1541 Margaret Ward 1550 1588 Artists and authors EditMaggie Smith born 1934 British actress Maisie Williams born 1997 English actress Margaret Uyauperq Aniksak 1907 1993 Inuit sculptor Margaret Ashmore Sudduth 1859 1957 American educator editor temperance advocate Margaret Atwood born 1939 Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Avison 1918 2007 Canadian poet Margaret Barnard 1898 1992 British painter and linocut maker Margaret Barr choreographer 1904 1991 Australian dance drama choreographer Margaret Berger born 1985 Norwegian singer songwriter Margaret Bourke White 1904 1971 American photojournalist Margaret Busby Ghanaian British publisher and writer Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne 1623 1673 English writer poet and playwright Margaret Cho born 1968 American comedian and actress Margaret Clark born 1943 Australian author Margaret Clarkson English artist Margaret Cleaves 1848 1917 American physician writer Margaret Wootten Collier 1869 1947 American author Margaret Deland 1857 1945 American author Margaret Drabble English author Margaret E Winslow 1836 1936 American activist editor author Margaret Eleanor Parker 1827 1896 American social activist social reformer travel writer Margaret Elizabeth Sangster 1838 1912 American author poet editor Margaret Forster British author Margaret Frame 1903 1985 Canadian painter Margaret Frances Sullivan 1847 1903 Irish American writer journalist editor Margaret Fuller 1810 1850 American critic Margaret Gale born 1930 British operatic soprano Margaret Harker 1920 2013 British photographer and historian of photography Margaret Hillis American conductor Margaret Hunt Brisbane 1858 1925 American poet Margaret Lane 1907 1994 British journalist biographer and novelist Margaret Larkin 1899 1967 American writer Margaret Laurence 1926 1987 Canadian novelist Margaret Leighton 1922 1976 English actress Margaret Lockwood 1916 1990 British actress Margaret Manton Merrill British American journalist writer translator elocutionist Margaret Mazzantini born 1961 Italian Irish author Margaret McDonald Bottome 1827 1906 American reformer organizational founder author Margaret Mitchell 1900 1949 American author Margaret Ogden born 1952 American fantasy author best known by the pen name Robin Hobb Margaret Oliphant 1828 1897 Scottish author Margaret Bloodgood Peeke 1838 1908 American traveler lecturer author Margaret Peterson Haddix born 1964 American writer Margaret Randall born 1936 US writer Margaret Roper 1505 1544 English writer translator Margaret Rutherford 1892 1972 British actress of the stage and screen Margaret Scobie born 1948 Australian indigenous Aboriginal painter Margaret Severin Hansen American ballerina Margaret singer born 1991 Polish singer and songwriter Margaret Tracey born 1967 American ballet dancer Margaret Travolta American actress Margaret Walker 1915 1998 American author Margaret Whiting 1924 2011 American popular music and country music singer Margaret Wise Brown 1910 1952 American author Margaret Wynne Lawless 1847 1926 American poet author educator philanthropist Margaret Keane 1927 2022 American painter Meg Stuart born 1965 American choreographer dancer performing artistEducators and scientists EditMargaret Haley 1861 1939 American educator promoted teacher s unions Margaret Becklake 1922 2018 Canadian academic and epidemiologist Margaret Burbidge 1919 2020 British astronomer Margaret Byers 1832 1912 Irish educator activist social reformer missionary writer Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank 1878 1955 American educator and college president Margaret Elisabeth Felix born 1937 Indian educator Margaret Floy Washburn 1871 1939 American psychologist Margaret Frame Scottish scientist professor of molecular cell biology Margaret Gurney 1908 2002 American mathematician statistician and computer programmer Margaret Hamilton American computer scientist Margaret Howe Lovatt naturalist Margaret Hutchinson English educator naturalist and author Margaret Lin Xavier 1898 1932 Thai physician Margaret Mead American anthropologist Margaret Helen Read 1889 1991 British social anthropologist and academic Margaret C Roberts 1846 1926 American obstetrician Margaret Warner Morley 1858 1923 American biologist wrote children s books on biology Margaret Wiecek Polish American operations researcherPolitics EditMargaret A Davidson 1950 2017 American lawyer and coastal science pioneer Margaret Ann Coffey born 1946 former British Member of Parliament for Stockport Margaret Beckett born 1943 British Member of Parliament for Derby South Margaret Curran born 1958 former British Member of Parliament for Glasgow East Margaret Davidson 1871 1964 British wife of colonial governor of New South Wales Australia Margaret Davidson suffragist 1879 1978 Scottish suffragist teacher and WW1 nurse Margaret Ewing 1945 2006 Scottish politician Margaret Ferrier born 1960 British Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Margaret Greenwood born 1959 British Member of Parliament for Wirral West Margarett Maggie Hassan born 1958 United States Senator for New Hampshire Margaret Hodge born 1944 British Member of Parliament for Barking Margaret Hoover born 1977 American political consultant and commentator great granddaughter of the former president Margaret Gardner Hoey 1875 1942 American political hostess and First Lady of North Carolina Margaret Maggie Jones Baroness Jones of Whitchurch British Labour Peer and trade union official Margaret Mitchell Canadian politician 1925 2017 New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Vancouver East Margaret Mitchell Scottish politician born 1952 Scottish Conservative politician Margaret Moran born 1955 former Labour MP for Luton South who was convicted of the largest amount of fraud in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal Margaret Ritchie born 1958 politician who served in the Northern Ireland Assembly and both British Houses of Parliament Margaret Rose Sanford 1918 2006 First Lady of North Carolina Margaret Selina Martei Ghanaian Member of Parliament for Asamankese 1965 1966 Margaret Thatcher 1925 2013 first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served from 1979 to 1990 Margeret Maggie Throup born 1967 British Member of Parliament for ErewashSports EditMargaret Boyd 1913 1993 English lacrosse player and schoolteacher Margaret Court born 1942 Australian tennis player Margaret Groos born 1959 American long distance runner Margaret Hoelzer born 1983 American swimmer Margaret Jeffery 1920 2004 British swimmer and Olympian Margaret Martin born 1979 American professional bodybuilder Margaret Maughan 1928 2020 British Paralympic archer Margaret McIver 1933 2020 Australian equestrian Margaret Purce born 1995 American soccer playerOther EditMargaret Barclay accused witch died 1618 as a result of witch trials held in Irvine Ayrshire Margaret Catherine Blaikie 1823 1915 Scottish temperance reformer Margaret Brent c 1601 1671 English immigrant colonial landowner Margaret Casely Hayford born 1959 British lawyer Margaret Cochran Corbin 1751 1800 fought in the U S Revolutionary War and was given a pension by Congress Margaret Douie Dougal 1858 1938 British chemical publication indexer Margaret Dye Ellis 1845 1925 American social reformer Margaret E Kuhn 1905 1995 founder of the Gray Panthers organisation Margaret Elizabeth Douglas 1934 2008 English television producer and executive Margaret Feeny 1917 2012 founder and first director of London s Africa Centre Margaret Hampshire 1918 2004 British educator and civil servant Margaret Haughery 1813 1882 philanthropist known as the mother of the orphans Margaret Irvine 1948 2023 British crossword compiler Margaret Jeffrey 1896 1977 Australian police officer Margaret Bischell McFadden American philanthropist and social worker Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage 1828 1918 American philanthropist who established the Russell Sage Foundation Margaret Prior 1773 1842 American humanitarian missionary moral reform worker writer Margaret Sanger 1879 1966 founder of the birth control movement in the United States Margaret Swain 1909 2002 English embroidery and textile historianFictional characters EditMargaret Evelyn Maggie Simpson in the TV show The Simpsons Margaret Fish a chiropodist and a character in Bob and Margaret Margaret Hale heroine in Elizabeth Gaskell s 1855 novel North and South Margaret Hooper secretary to White House Chiefs of Staff Leo McGarry and CJ Cregg played by NiCole Robinson in the TV series The West Wing Margaret Houlihan character in both the movie and television show M A S H Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare Margaret Meg March character in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Margaret Mildred Kit Kittredge in the Kit Kittredge series of American Girl books and related toys Margaret Maggie Mathison character in Homeland TV series Margaret Moonlight a boss in the Suda 51 game No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle Margaret Peggy Bundy a character played by Katey Sagal in the 1987 97 Fox sitcom Married with Children Margaret Peggy Carter a character featured in several storylines published by Marvel Comics Margaret White in the 1974 novel Carrie by Stephen King Margaret a character in the Cartoon Network animated series Regular Show Margaret a character who is Jake the Dog s mother in the TV series Adventure Time Margaret Sawyer fictional character in DC Comics and a supporting character in Superman and Batman Mistress Margaret Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare Margaret SquarePants SpongeBob s mother and Harold s wife in SpongeBob SquarePants Margaret Maggie Horton a character on the soap opera Days of Our LivesSee also EditMargaret disambiguation References Edit Cecil Adams 8 January 1993 Why is Peggy the nickname for Margaret The Straight Dope Retrieved 13 August 2012 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Margaret Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 17 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 700 George F Kunz and Charles H Stevenson The Book of the Pearl The History Art Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems London and New York MacMillan amp Co 1908 p 305 Schmitt Rudiger Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek Encyclopaedia Iranica Retrieved 31 March 2022 MAIREAD MAIREAD Irish Names and Surnames www libraryireland com Retrieved 22 July 2023 MAIGHREAD Irish Names and Surnames www libraryireland com Retrieved 22 July 2023 MAIRGHREAD MAIRGHREAD Irish Names and Surnames www libraryireland com Retrieved 22 July 2023 External links Edit nbsp Look up margaret in Wiktionary the free dictionary Margaret Edgar s Name Pages 2001 Archived from the original on 21 October 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Margaret amp oldid 1178637988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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