Given name
Margret
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margret 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
Margret 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
Margret 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
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Margret is a short form of Margaret. In Swedish usage, Margret is a short form of Margareta.
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
Margret through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,068
- 0 boys · 10,068 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 214 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,843 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,843 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 214 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,420 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.
Margret’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Margret is a short form of Margaret. In German usage, Margret has a related form in Margarete. In German usage, Margret has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margret has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Margotequivalent
- Maggieequivalent
- Margaritaequivalent
- Margueriteequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
- Margretheequivalent
- Margitequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Margret
- Margret Reychildren's illustrator and writer, German Jewish American (1906–1996)
- Margret GöblGerman pair skater (1938–2013)
- Margret HassanSouth Sudanese sprinterborn 1997
- Margret KreidlAustrian authorborn 1964
- Margret NissenGerman photographerborn 1938
- Margret HölleGerman writer and poet in dialect1927–2023
- Margret NikolovaBulgarian pop singer1928–2026
- Margret Fusbahnaviator (1907-2001)
- Margret Hofheinz-DöringGerman artist (1910–1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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