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German
Etymology
Latinate variant of Margarete (“Margaret”).
Proper noun
Margareta
- a female given name
Norwegian
Proper noun
Margareta
- a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret, rare in this official form
- Grete, Grethe, Margaret, Margareth, Margrethe, Margit, Marit, Marita, Marte, Marthe, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Rita.
Romanian
Etymology
From margaretă.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Margareta m (genitive/dative lui Margareta)
- a surname originating as a matronymic
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with English Margaret.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Margareta c (genitive Margaretas)
- a female given name
1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 160:"Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Popular in the middle of the 20th century, particularly as a middle name.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 251 020 females with the given name Margareta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.