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Margherita

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

Margherita is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Margherita is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

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Where it comes from

Margherita shares an earlier linguistic root with Margaret. Margaret has been associated with Greek and Hebrew naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.

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Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

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Margherita through the years

Babies since 1880: 1,155; 0 boys · 1,155 girls
Most popular year: 1926; 25 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Margherita in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1892–2025, 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,307 as a first name in 2020; 110 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.

Margherita’s family of names

In Italian usage, Margherita has a diminutive in Rita. Margherita shares a linguistic root with Margaret. In Italian usage, Margherita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peggy.

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Margherita has relatives in 30 languages.

29 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 3

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Across languages 41

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Margherita

Meaning & origin

What it means

Where it comes from

The story

Margherita through the years

By the numbers

Margherita’s family of names

Around the world

Nicknames & forms 3

Across languages 41

People named Margherita

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