Given name

Margreet

Margreet is a feminine given name. It is used in Dutch.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Margreet isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Margreet through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1918
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246192019401960198020002025Highest share 19180.0
Margreet in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1918–2025, 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 1923. 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.

Margreet’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Margreet has a conventional equivalent in the English form Margaret. In Dutch usage, Margreet has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita. In Dutch usage, Margreet has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marguerite.

Walk Margreet’s family in the name graph

MargreetMargaretMargaritaMarguerite瑪格麗特

The ring: across languages.

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

Around the world

Margreet has relatives in 4 languages.

Chinese

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Old-fashioned

Margret

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

23RareSteady

>99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Mamie

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

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Margie

Margie is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.

21RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Mallie

“one who is sweet and gentle” · “star of the sea”

33RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Madaline

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Ancient Greek · Old-fashioned

Marjory

Marjory is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek.

19Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Magdalen

“woman from Magdala”

20RareCooling

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Mathilda

“one who is mighty in battle”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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