Given name & surname
Margit
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margit 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
Margit 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
In Hungarian use, Margit 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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 672
- 0 boys · 672 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 20 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 8 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,755 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.
Margit’s family of names
Margit has an affectionate form in Mai. Margit shares a linguistic root with Margaret. In Hungarian usage, Margit has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marguerite.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margit has relatives in 11 languages.
16 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Margaretvariant · English, Swedish
- Maipet form
- Margaretavariant · Norwegian, Swedish
- Mancidiminutive · Hungarian
- Margitkadiminutive · Hungarian
- Macadiminutive · Hungarian
- Margódiminutive · Hungarian
- Margittvariant · Norwegian
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Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Margotequivalent
- Maggieequivalent
- Margaritaequivalent
- MargueriteFrench
- Margretequivalent
- Margareteequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Marietaequivalent
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- MargheritaItalian
- GreteGerman
- Margaridaequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
- Margretheequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- 瑪格麗特Chinese
- Márggetcognate · Northern Sami
- MałgorzataPolish
- Margrjetequivalent
- Margalidaequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Margit
- Margit SlachtaHungarian activist, editor (1884-1974)
- Margit KaffkaHungarian writer (1880-1918)
- Margit SandemoNorwegian-Swedish author1924–2018
- Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austriaarchduchess of Austria (1870–1955)
- Margit CarstensenGerman actress (1940–2023)
- Margit SchumannEast German luger (1952–2017)
- Margit KorondiHungarian artistic gymnast (1932–2022)
- Margit KovácsHungarian sculptor (1902–1977)
- Margit BaraHungarian actress (1928-2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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