Given name & surname
Margarita
“pearl”·“daisy”
Margarita is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “daisy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Margarita shares its origin with Margaret: it goes back to Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης, meaning “pearl.” In Spanish, margarita is also the everyday word for “daisy.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Margarita shares an earlier linguistic root with Margaret. Margaret has been associated with Greek and Hebrew naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
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
Margarita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40,418
- 199 boys · 40,219 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 600 babies
- 2025
- 104
- #1,893 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 104 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,893 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 594 in 1957. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 93,539 as a first name in 2020; 243 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.
Margarita’s family of names
Margarita has a short form in Rita. Margarita shares a linguistic root with Margaret. In Spanish usage, Margarita has a conventional equivalent in the Welsh form Megan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margarita has relatives in 37 languages.
43 related names in 37 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 66
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- DaisyEnglish
- MargotFrench
- Maggieequivalent
- Pearlequivalent
- MeganWelsh
- Perlaequivalent
- MargueriteFrench
- Maireadequivalent
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- MagaliOccitan
- Margretequivalent
- MaritSwedish
- Margarettequivalent
- MargareteGerman
- Margarethaequivalent
- Margueritaequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
- Margitequivalent
- Margaritequivalent
- Perlitaequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Marietaequivalent
- MargheritaItalian
- Margaretaderivative · Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- MargaridaPortuguese, Galician
- MargretheNorwegian Bokmål, Danish
- MargreetDutch
- MarkettaFinnish
- MaretEstonian
- MargaEstonian
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Marharytaequivalent
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Riittaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Margalitaequivalent
- Maditaequivalent
- Ρίταequivalent
- Маргарытаequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- 瑪格麗特Chinese
- Margraatederivative · yol
- Małgorzataderivative · Polish
- MarkétaCzech
- Margrjetequivalent
- MáretNorthern Sami
- MagalònaOccitan
- MargrietDutch
- MargaidManx
- MalgozataLithuanian
- MargrétIcelandic
- MairéadIrish
- MargarétaHungarian
- MakalekaHawaiian
- ΜαργαρίταGreek
- MaighreadScottish Gaelic
- MaguyFrench
- MaaritFinnish
And 6 more.
People named Margarita
- Rita HayworthAmerican actress (1918–1987)
- Margarita SimonyanRussian journalistborn 1980
- Margarita LevievaRussian-born American actressborn 1980
- Princess Margarita of Greece and DenmarkGreco-Danish Royal and German Noble1905–1981
- Margarita SalasSpanish biochemist (1938-2019)
- Margarita AligerSoviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)
- Margarita XhepaAlbanian actress1932–2025
- Margarita MamunRussian rhythmic gymnastborn 1995
- Infanta Margarita, Duchess of SoriaSpanish Royalborn 1939
Characters named Margarita: Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita").
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