Given name
Margarette
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margarette 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
Margarette 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margarette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,164
- 0 boys · 6,164 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 200 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,670 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,670 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 200 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,884 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.
Margarette’s family of names
Margarette has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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