Margit

Girl · Greek, through Latin

Margit

Say it: MOR-geet

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Meaning

From Greek margarites 'pearl'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

In Hungary it is tied to Saint Margaret, after whom Margaret Island in Budapest is named.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

671 babies given this name since 1908
At its height in 1908, about 1 in 55,700 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Manci

English	Margaret
German	Margarete
Polish	Małgorzata

Famous bearers

Saint Margaret of Hungary, 13th-century princess and nun

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
Royal and noble genealogies
Parish baptism registers
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.

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.