Given name
Margrete
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margrete 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
Margrete 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
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margrete through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 0 boys · 217 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 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.
Margrete’s family of names
Margrete has a related form in Margaret. In Danish usage, Margrete has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete. In Danish usage, Margrete has a related form in Margrethe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Margrete has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Margotequivalent
- Maggieequivalent
- Margaritaequivalent
- Margueriteequivalent
- Maireadequivalent
- Margretequivalent
- MargareteGerman
- Marietaequivalent
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- Margheritaequivalent
- Margaridaequivalent
- Margarethaequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
- Margaretaequivalent
- Margitequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- Markétaequivalent
- Margrjetequivalent
- Margalidaequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Małgorzataequivalent
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
People named Margrete
- Margaret, Countess of AnjouFrench noble1273–1300
- Margrete AukenDanish politicianborn 1945
- Margrete Heiberg BoseArgentine physicist (1865–1952)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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