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Girl · Greek, through Estonian
Reet
Say it: RAYT
Meaning
An Estonian short form of Margareta, from Greek margarites 'pearl'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 255 babies given this name since 2001
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 54,000 girls
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Reeda
| English | Margaret |
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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