Girl · Greek, through Latin
Małgorzata
Say it: mow-goh-ZHAH-tah
Meaning
Polish form of Margaret, from Greek margarites 'pearl'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Catholic saint's name in Polish use since the Middle Ages, very common among births in the 1960s-1980s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 81 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1982, about 1 in 188,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gosia
| Czech | Markéta |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Margita |
| Russian | Margarita |
| Croatian | Margareta |
| Serbian | Margarita |
| Latin | Margarita |
Famous bearers
- Saint Margaret of Hungary
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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