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Margherita

“pearl”

Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Italian, Danish and 1 more

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4 language contexts: Spanish Italian Danish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 15 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Margherita

Margherita is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Italian, Danish and 1 other language. Italian Wikipedia gives the meaning “pearl”. English sources document the Italian personal name and distinguish it from the separate pizza entries.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “pearl”

English Wikipedia describes Margherita as an Italian feminine given name related to Margaret, and separately notes the Italian common-word use for a daisy. English Wiktionary lists the Italian personal name separately from its English and German pizza entries. This account retains the existing cited primary gloss pearl; it does not transfer a food etymology to the personal name. Existing dictionary wording: Du latin margarita (« perle »).

Sources for this account (11)

French Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q12900937CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (it): Margherita (nome)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1356277215 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 87104132 · retrieved 2026-10-19Cited sections: Italian

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Italian Wiktionary accountSource-reportedderivato dal greco margarites, successivamente dal latino margarita, perla

derivato dal greco margarites, successivamente dal latino margarita, perla

Sources for this account (1)

Italian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Margherita is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Margherita’s connections around the world.

11 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2022: 6 girls (rank 13592).

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Margherita

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 6; applications; Rank #13,592
Peak year: 1926; 25 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Margherita in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	5	1,450	observed
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	8	1,263	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	8	1,416	observed
1907	8	1,512	observed
1908	7	1,676	observed
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	9	1,656	observed
1912	6	2,634	observed
1913	15	1,528	observed
1914	12	2,009	observed
1915	21	1,622	observed
1916	16	2,028	observed
1917	20	1,773	observed
1918	13	2,519	observed
1919	20	1,855	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	16	2,282	observed
1922	17	2,186	observed
1923	19	2,021	observed
1924	17	2,212	observed
1925	22	1,847	observed
1926	25	1,667	observed
1927	23	1,771	observed
1928	16	2,194	observed
1929	12	2,587	observed
1930	13	2,425	observed
1931	9	2,972	observed
1932	9	3,047	observed
1933	9	2,868	observed
1934	12	2,424	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	11	2,521	observed
1937	12	2,448	observed
1938	11	2,579	observed
1939	10	2,736	observed
1940	5	4,349	observed
1941	16	2,096	observed
1942	10	2,986	observed
1943	13	2,558	observed
1944	7	3,687	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	12	3,061	observed
1948	17	2,416	observed
1949	8	3,892	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	11	3,284	observed
1952	19	2,411	observed
1953	16	2,699	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	10	3,910	observed
1957	11	3,696	observed
1958	16	2,972	observed
1959	19	2,678	observed
1960	17	2,989	observed
1961	11	4,009	observed
1962	15	3,293	observed
1963	11	4,019	observed
1964	9	4,636	observed
1965	21	2,684	observed
1966	12	3,740	observed
1967	25	2,432	observed
1968	17	3,169	observed
1969	16	3,461	observed
1970	15	3,872	observed
1971	16	3,789	observed
1972	7	6,558	observed
1973	13	4,362	observed
1974	16	3,863	observed
1975	11	5,161	observed
1976	9	6,048	observed
1977	16	4,235	observed
1978	9	6,385	observed
1979	10	6,189	observed
1980	11	5,912	observed
1981	13	5,254	observed
1982	9	6,888	observed
1983	17	4,286	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	7	8,318	observed
1986	8	7,749	observed
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	7	9,681	observed
1990	5	12,958	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	6	11,738	observed
1993	6	11,780	observed
1994	7	10,569	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	13,518	observed
1997	10	8,334	observed
1998	8	10,122	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	9	10,102	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	7	12,761	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	10	10,679	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	6	14,962	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	15,539	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	10	9,562	observed
2022	6	13,592	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Margherita” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Margherita— “pearl”
In her grand-daughter, Margaret Tudor, it ceased to be royal in England, though it had taken root among the northern part of the population, while, strangely enough, it hardly ever occurs among the southern peasantry. The Italian reverence for Margherita, or Malgherita, as they called her, was increased by the penitence of Margherita of Cortona, whose repentance became so famed that she was canonized. Many are the contractions of this favourite name, since it is too long for…
Read the full historical passageShow shorter excerpt
In her grand-daughter, Margaret Tudor, it ceased to be royal in England, though it had taken root among the northern part of the population, while, strangely enough, it hardly ever occurs among the southern peasantry. The Italian reverence for Margherita, or Malgherita, as they called her, was increased by the penitence of Margherita of Cortona, whose repentance became so famed that she was canonized. Many are the contractions of this favourite name, since it is too long for the popular mouth. The oldest is probably the Scottish Marjorie, as Bruce’s daughter was called, and which cut down into Maisie, the “proud Maisie” of the ballad, and later into Mysie, and was treated as a separate name. Mr. Lower tells us that the surname of Marjoribanks is derived from the barony of Raltio, granted to Marjorie Bruce on her marriage with the High Steward of Scotland. Margaret turned into Meg before the time of “Muckle-moued Meg of the Border,” and this as well as Maggie was shared with England, which likewise had Margery and Marget, as well as the more vulgar Peggy and Gritty, and likewise Madge.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XIII (Margaret) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Margherita Hack
1922–2013
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita of Savoy
1851–1926
Queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita Sarfatti
1880–1961
Italian writer, journalist, art critic and unmarried partner of Benito Mussolini (1880-1961)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita Buy
born 1962
Italian actress
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita de' Medici
1612–1679
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-19.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms13

Wikidata Q12900937CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (it): Margherita (nome)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1356277215 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 87104132 · retrieved 2026-10-19Cited sections: Italian
Italian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RitaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Margherita.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XIII (Margaret)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates12

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italy — Istat published top 50 registered newborn names per sex, 1999–2024
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Margherita

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “pearl”

Sources for this account (11)

French Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q12900937CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (it): Margherita (nome)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1356277215 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 87104132 · retrieved 2026-10-19Cited sections: Italian

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Italian Wiktionary accountSource-reportedderivato dal greco margarites, successivamente dal latino margarita, perla

derivato dal greco margarites, successivamente dal latino margarita, perla

Sources for this account (1)

Italian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Margherita is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Margherita’s connections around the world.

11 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2022: 6 girls (rank 13592).

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Margherita

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 6; applications; Rank #13,592
Peak year: 1926; 25 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Margherita in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	5	1,450	observed
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	8	1,263	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	8	1,416	observed
1907	8	1,512	observed
1908	7	1,676	observed
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	9	1,656	observed
1912	6	2,634	observed
1913	15	1,528	observed
1914	12	2,009	observed
1915	21	1,622	observed
1916	16	2,028	observed
1917	20	1,773	observed
1918	13	2,519	observed
1919	20	1,855	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	16	2,282	observed
1922	17	2,186	observed
1923	19	2,021	observed
1924	17	2,212	observed
1925	22	1,847	observed
1926	25	1,667	observed
1927	23	1,771	observed
1928	16	2,194	observed
1929	12	2,587	observed
1930	13	2,425	observed
1931	9	2,972	observed
1932	9	3,047	observed
1933	9	2,868	observed
1934	12	2,424	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	11	2,521	observed
1937	12	2,448	observed
1938	11	2,579	observed
1939	10	2,736	observed
1940	5	4,349	observed
1941	16	2,096	observed
1942	10	2,986	observed
1943	13	2,558	observed
1944	7	3,687	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	12	3,061	observed
1948	17	2,416	observed
1949	8	3,892	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	11	3,284	observed
1952	19	2,411	observed
1953	16	2,699	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	10	3,910	observed
1957	11	3,696	observed
1958	16	2,972	observed
1959	19	2,678	observed
1960	17	2,989	observed
1961	11	4,009	observed
1962	15	3,293	observed
1963	11	4,019	observed
1964	9	4,636	observed
1965	21	2,684	observed
1966	12	3,740	observed
1967	25	2,432	observed
1968	17	3,169	observed
1969	16	3,461	observed
1970	15	3,872	observed
1971	16	3,789	observed
1972	7	6,558	observed
1973	13	4,362	observed
1974	16	3,863	observed
1975	11	5,161	observed
1976	9	6,048	observed
1977	16	4,235	observed
1978	9	6,385	observed
1979	10	6,189	observed
1980	11	5,912	observed
1981	13	5,254	observed
1982	9	6,888	observed
1983	17	4,286	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	7	8,318	observed
1986	8	7,749	observed
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	7	9,681	observed
1990	5	12,958	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	6	11,738	observed
1993	6	11,780	observed
1994	7	10,569	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	13,518	observed
1997	10	8,334	observed
1998	8	10,122	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	9	10,102	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	7	12,761	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	10	10,679	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	6	14,962	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	15,539	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	10	9,562	observed
2022	6	13,592	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Margherita— “pearl”
In her grand-daughter, Margaret Tudor, it ceased to be royal in England, though it had taken root among the northern part of the population, while, strangely enough, it hardly ever occurs among the southern peasantry. The Italian reverence for Margherita, or Malgherita, as they called her, was increased by the penitence of Margherita of Cortona, whose repentance became so famed that she was canonized. Many are the contractions of this favourite name, since it is too long for…
Read the full historical passageShow shorter excerpt
In her grand-daughter, Margaret Tudor, it ceased to be royal in England, though it had taken root among the northern part of the population, while, strangely enough, it hardly ever occurs among the southern peasantry. The Italian reverence for Margherita, or Malgherita, as they called her, was increased by the penitence of Margherita of Cortona, whose repentance became so famed that she was canonized. Many are the contractions of this favourite name, since it is too long for the popular mouth. The oldest is probably the Scottish Marjorie, as Bruce’s daughter was called, and which cut down into Maisie, the “proud Maisie” of the ballad, and later into Mysie, and was treated as a separate name. Mr. Lower tells us that the surname of Marjoribanks is derived from the barony of Raltio, granted to Marjorie Bruce on her marriage with the High Steward of Scotland. Margaret turned into Meg before the time of “Muckle-moued Meg of the Border,” and this as well as Maggie was shared with England, which likewise had Margery and Marget, as well as the more vulgar Peggy and Gritty, and likewise Madge.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XIII (Margaret) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Margherita Hack
1922–2013
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita of Savoy
1851–1926
Queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Margherita Sarfatti
1880–1961
Italian writer, journalist, art critic and unmarried partner of Benito Mussolini (1880-1961)
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Margherita Buy
born 1962
Italian actress
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Margherita de' Medici
1612–1679
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
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Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms13

Wikidata Q12900937CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (it): Margherita (nome)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1356277215 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 87104132 · retrieved 2026-10-19Cited sections: Italian
Italian Wiktionary: MargheritaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RitaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Margherita.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XIII (Margaret)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates12

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italy — Istat published top 50 registered newborn names per sex, 1999–2024
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Margherita Hack

Margherita of Savoy

Margherita Sarfatti

Margherita Buy

Margherita de' Medici

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Meet the family

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A name worth keeping.

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A story to pass on.

About Margherita

Meaning in the sources

Where Margherita is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Margherita Hack

Margherita of Savoy

Margherita Sarfatti

Margherita Buy

Margherita de' Medici

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page