Given name & surname
Marguerite
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Marguerite 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
Marguerite 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
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In French use, Marguerite is used as a form of Margaret.
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
Marguerite through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94,123
- 101 boys · 94,022 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 3,254 babies
- 2025
- 71
- #2,505 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 71 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,505 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,249 in 1918. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,427 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.
Marguerite’s family of names
In French usage, Marguerite has a diminutive in Margot. In French usage, Marguerite shares a linguistic root with the English form Margaret. In French usage, Marguerite has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peggy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marguerite has relatives in 44 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 62
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MaggieEnglish
- GretaSwedish
- MargaritaSpanish, Lithuanian
- MaireadScottish Gaelic
- Margretequivalent
- PeggyEnglish
- MargareteGerman
- Margueritaequivalent
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- Margitaequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Marietaequivalent
- MargheritaItalian
- Margarethaequivalent
- MargaretaSwedish, Romanian
- RadaSerbian
- MargaridaPortuguese, Occitan
- MargretheNorwegian, Danish
- MargreetDutch
- MargitHungarian
- MarkettaFinnish
- MaretEstonian
- GretheDanish
- GreteGerman
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
- 瑪格麗特Chinese
- Magritecognate · Walloon
- Guiguitecognate · Walloon
- Guèritecognate · Walloon
- Gaguitecognate · Walloon
- MałgorzataPolish
- Mârguèritecognate · Walloon
- Makalikaborrowing · Hawaiian
- MarkétaCzech
- Margrjetequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- МаргаритаUkrainian, Russian
- ChmariettaSlovene
- MargarétaSlovak
- MagalònaOccitan
- MargalidaOccitan
- GreetjeDutch
- MargrietDutch
- Marguèritelorrain
- Morguitelorrain
- マーガレットJapanese
- מרגליתHebrew
- ΜαργαρίταGreek
- MaredWelsh
- MereridWelsh
- Mardrèttgallo
- MáiréadIrish
- MairéadIrish
- MaighreadIrish
- 마가렛Korean
- 玛格丽特Chinese
And 2 more.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marguerite
- Marguerite YourcenarFrench novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
- Marguerite DurasFrench writer and film director (1914-1996)
- Marguerite de Navarrequeen consort of Navarre (1492–1549)
- Margaret of ValoisQueen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615).
- Margaret of Anjou15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)
- Margaret of ProvenceQueen of France 1234-12701221–1295
- Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of FranceQueen of France1290–1315
- Marguerite PereyFrench physicist (1909–1975)
- Marguerite DurandFrench actress and journalist, editor (1864–1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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