Margherita

Girl · Greek

Margherita

Say it: mar-geh-REE-tah

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Meaning

From Greek margarites 'pearl'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

The pizza margherita is traditionally said to be named after Queen Margherita.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

1,135 babies given this name since 1892
At its height in 1898, about 1 in 32,300 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Margaret
French	Marguerite
Spanish	Margarita
German	Margarete

Famous bearers

Margherita of Savoy, first queen of united Italy

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.