Given name
Margarethe
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margarethe 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
Margarethe 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
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margarethe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 0 boys · 62 girls
- Most popular year
- 1891
- 8 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 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1891. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 257 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.
Margarethe’s family of names
In German usage, Margarethe has a diminutive in Grethe. Margarethe has a related form in Margaret. In German usage, Margarethe has a related form in Margarete.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Margarethe
- Margarethe von TrottaGerman film director (born 1942)
- Princess Margaret of PrussiaGerman imperial princess, Prussian princess (1872–1954); youngest child of Frederick III, German Emperor, and Victoria, Princess Royal
- Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austriaarchduchess of Austria (1870–1955)
- Margarethe KahnGerman mathematician and Holocaust victim (1880–1942)
- Margarethe SelenkaGerman paleontologist, anthropologist and feminist (1860-1923)
- Margarethe HardeggerSwiss activist (1882-1963), editor
- Margarethe Siemssinger (1879-1952)
- Thilly WeissenbornDutch photographer1883–1964
- Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-SonderburgGerman Danish countess1583–1658
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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