Given name & surname
Malgorzata
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Malgorzata is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Malgorzata is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Polish use, Malgorzata shares an earlier linguistic root with Margaret. Margaret has been associated with Greek and Hebrew naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Malgorzata is used as a form of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malgorzata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 0 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,832 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malgorzata’s family of names
Malgorzata has an affectionate form in Malgosia. Malgorzata shares a linguistic root with Margaret. Malgorzata has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Malgorzata
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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