Given name
Margaretha
Margaretha is a feminine given name. It is used in German and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Margaretha 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 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margaretha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 477
- 0 boys · 477 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 16 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1912. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 668 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.
Margaretha’s family of names
In German usage, Margaretha has a related form in Margarete. In Swedish usage, Margaretha has a related form in Margareta. In Swedish usage, Margaretha has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Małgorzata.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margaretha has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Margotequivalent
- Maggieequivalent
- Margaritaequivalent
- Margueriteequivalent
- Maireadequivalent
- Margretequivalent
- Margarettequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
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- Margretheequivalent
- Margaequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Marietaequivalent
- Margheritaequivalent
- Margaridaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Маргаритаequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- MałgorzataPolish
- Markétaequivalent
- Margrjetequivalent
- Margalidaequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Margaretha
- Princess Margaretha, Mrs. AmblerSwedish princess; eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Swedenborn 1934
- Princess Margaretha of LiechtensteinLuxembourger Royal and Liechtensteiner Princierborn 1957
- Margaretha KrookSwedish actress (1925–2001)
- Mady ChristiansAustrian actress (1896–1951)
- Archduchess Margaret of AustriaAustrian archduchess (1567-1633)
- Margaret, Marchioness of NamurLuxembourg noble (1194-1270)
- Margaretha SigfridssonSwedish curler and coach (born 1976)
- Margaretha KirchGerman astronomer1703–1744
- Margaretha af UgglasSwedish politician1939–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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