Given name & surname
Margareth
Margareth is a feminine given name. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Margareth isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margareth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 301
- 0 boys · 301 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,865 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +106%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,865 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 979 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.
Margareth’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Margareth has a related form in Margaret. In English usage, Margareth has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Małgorzata.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margareth has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Margareth
- Maggie ReillyBritish singerborn 1956
- Margareth MadèItalian actressborn 1982
- Margareth MenezesMinister of Culture, Brazilian politician and singerborn 1962
- Margareth OldeEstonian chess player (born 2000)
- Margareth ØvrumNorwegian engineer and business executiveborn 1958
- Margareth MontãoBrazilian handball playerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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