Given name
Margreta
Margreta is a feminine given name. It is used in Swedish and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Margreta 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margreta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1944
- 5 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 5 in 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 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.
Margreta’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Margreta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Margaret. In Danish usage, Margreta has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete. In Faroese usage, Margreta has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 瑪格麗特.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margreta has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Margreta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Margreta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Annetta
“grace, gracious”
>99% girls
Marylin
>99% girls
Marita
“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”
>99% girls
Marylee
“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”
>99% girls
Marilee
>99% girls
Margaree
>99% girls
Sibling ideas
Names that share Margreta’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Margreta