Given name

Markéta

“pearl”

Markéta is used as a given name. Markéta is connected with Margaret.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Markéta possibly goes back to Latin margarita, meaning “pearl.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

In Czech use, Markéta 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 Czech use, Markéta is used as a form of Margaret.

Markéta’s family of names

In Czech usage, Markéta has a diminutive in KYTKA. Markéta shares a linguistic root with Margaret. In Czech usage, Markéta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Megan.

Walk Markéta’s family in the name graph

MarkétaMargitMargaretaMarketaMargitaMarkytaKytkaMarkétkaMarketinkaMarketičkaMargaretMargaritaMargotMargueriteMargretMaireadMargareteMargarethaMarietaMargheritaMargaridaMargreteMargretheMargeritaMargrethMarjetaMargrietMaaritMargrjetMargalidaMargedMarjetkaMarijetaMarjetica

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Markéta has relatives in 27 languages.

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31 related names in 27 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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