Given name & surname
Marga
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Marga 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
Marga 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
How it developed
In English use, Marga is used as a shortened form of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marga through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 343
- 0 boys · 343 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 15 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 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 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.
Marga’s family of names
Marga is a short form of Margaret. In Estonian usage, Marga has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita. Marga has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marga has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marga
- Marga LópezMexican actress (1924–2005)
- Marga PetersenGerman sprinter (1919-2002)
- Marga KlompéDutch politician (1912-1986)
- Marga MincoDutch journalist and writer (1920–2023)
- Marga FaulstichGerman chemist (1915–1998)
- Marga von EtzdorfGerman aviator (1907–1933)
- Marga LegalGerman actor and politician (1908-2001)
- Marga BarbuRomanian actress (1929–2009)
- Marga d'AndurainFrench female traveler1893–1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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