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Маргарита
“pearl”
Маргарита (Margaríta) is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and SerbianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Margaret.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Маргарита goes back to Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης, meaning “pearl.”
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Where it comes from
Маргарита comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (“pearl”).
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Маргарита’s family of names
In Russian usage, Маргарита has a diminutive in Рита. In Russian usage, Маргарита shares a linguistic root with the English form Margaret. In Macedonian usage, Маргарита has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Маргарита has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Маргарита
- Margarita SimonyanRussian journalistborn 1980
- Margarita LevievaRussian-born American actressborn 1980
- Margarita AligerSoviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)
- Margarita MamunRussian rhythmic gymnastborn 1995
- Margarita BetovaRussian female tennis playerborn 1994
- Margarita TerekhovaSoviet and Russian actressborn 1942
- Margarita DrobiazkoLithuanian ice dancerborn 1971
- Margaryta PesotskaUkrainian table tennis playerborn 1991
- Margarita NikolaevaOlympic artistic gymnast (1935–1993)
Characters named Маргарита: Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita").
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