Given name & surname
Margrit
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Margrit 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
Margrit 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
Margrit 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 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margrit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 0 boys · 61 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 8 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 733 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.
Margrit’s family of names
Margrit has a short form in Grit. Margrit shares a linguistic root with Margaret. Margrit has a related form in Margaret.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Margrit
- Margrit KennedyGerman architect (1939-2013)
- Margrit SchillerGerman criminalborn 1948
- Margrit RainerSwiss actress (1914-1982)
- Margrit OlfertEast German athleteborn 1947
- Margrit LäubliSwiss dancer and actressborn 1928
- Margrit KlingerGerman middle distance runnerborn 1960
- Margrit ZimmermannComposer, conductor, pianist, music educator1927–2020
- Margrit von BraunAmerican scientist and professorborn 1952
- Margrit WetzelGerman politician1950–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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