Given name

Margaruite

“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”

Margaruite 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

Margaruite 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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Margaruite through the years

Babies since 1880
127
0 boys · 127 girls
Most popular year
1918
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Margaruite in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1908–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Margaruite’s family of names

Margaruite has a related form in Margaret.

Walk Margaruite’s family in the name graph

MargaruiteMargaretMargaruitte

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Margaruite, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old-fashioned

Madaline

22RareEasing

>99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Marguerite

“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”

36RareSteady

>99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Mamie

Mamie is connected with Margaret and Mary in English naming traditions.

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Ancient Greek · Old-fashioned

Marjory

Marjory is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek.

19Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Maryrose

Maryrose is a feminine given name.

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Mathilda

“one who is mighty in battle”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Margret

“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”

23RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Margaruite’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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