Given name · also Old Polish
Małgorzata
“pearl”
Małgorzata is a feminine given name from Old Polish, ultimately from Indo-Iranian. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Małgorzata goes back to Latin Margarita, meaning “pearl.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Małgorzata comes from Old Polish, and ultimately from Indo-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Małgorzata developed from Margarita.
Małgorzata’s family of names
In Polish usage, Małgorzata has a diminutive in Margo. In Polish usage, Małgorzata developed from the Latin form Margarita. In Polish usage, Małgorzata has a conventional equivalent in the English form Margaret.
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Around the world
Małgorzata has relatives in 20 languages.
33 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Margodiminutive · Polish
- Magolaclipped form · Polish
- Gochaclipped form · Polish
- Małgosiaclipped form · Polish
- Gosiadiminutive · Polish
- Małgorzatkadiminutive · Polish
- Gośkadiminutive · Polish
- Małgośdiminutive · Polish
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MargotFrench
- MargaretEnglish, Swedish
- Maggieequivalent
- Margaritaroot · Spanish, Latvian
- MargueriteFrench
- Maireadequivalent
- Margretequivalent
- MargarethEnglish
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- MargareteGerman
- Margretheequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Marietaequivalent
- MargheritaItalian
- MargitSwedish
- MargarethaSwedish
- MargaretaSwedish, German
- MargitaSlovak
- MargaridaGalician
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- 瑪格麗特Chinese
- МаргаритаRussian
- MarkétaCzech
- Margrjetequivalent
- Margalidaequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Malgosiaequivalent
- MagrethaSwedish
- MagretaSwedish
- MargarétaSlovak
- ΜαργαρίταGreek
- MalgožataLatvian
- Małgòrzatacsb
- MargareetaFinnish, Estonian
- HostaizkaBasque
- HostaitzaBasque
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Małgorzata
- Margo DydekPolish basketball player (1974–2011)
- Małgorzata SzumowskaPolish film director, screenwriterborn 1973
- Dagmar of BohemiaQueen of Denmark from 1205 to 12121186–1212
- Małgorzata Braunekactress (1947-2014)
- Małgorzata Hołub-KowalikPolish sprinterborn 1992
- Małgorzata Kidawa-BłońskaPolish politician (born 1957)
- Małgorzata KożuchowskaPolish actressborn 1971
- Małgosia BelaPolish model and actressborn 1977
- Małgorzata HandzlikPolish politician and MEPborn 1965
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