Given name & surname
Margarit
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margarit 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
Margarit 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
Where it comes from
Margarit is a romanization of Մարգարիտ. Մարգարիտ comes from Old Armenian.
Explained through its name family
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
Margarit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86
- 0 boys · 86 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 12 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 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 486 as a first name in 2020; 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Margarit’s family of names
Margarit has a related form in Margaret. In Danish usage, Margarit has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete. In Armenian usage, Margarit is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Մարգարիտ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margarit 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Margarit
- Margarita Ervandovna Ter-MinassianArmenian (Soviet) entomologist (1910-1995)
- Margarit HayrapetyanArmenian architect1923–2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Margarit, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Margret
“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”
>99% girls
Margie
Margie is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.
>99% girls
Marietta
Marietta is used as a given name and a surname. Marietta is connected with Maria and Mary.
>99% girls
Madaline
>99% girls
Marguerite
“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”
>99% girls
Manuela
“God is with us”
>99% girls
Mamie
Mamie is connected with Margaret and Mary in English naming traditions.
>99% girls
Marjorie
Marjorie is used as a form of Margaret.
>99% girls