Margareta

See also: margaréta and Margaréta

German

Etymology

Latinate variant of Margarete (“Margaret”).

Proper noun

Margareta

1. a female given name

Norwegian

Proper noun

Margareta

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret, rare in this official form

Related terms

• Grete, Grethe, Margaret, Margareth, Margrethe, Margit, Marit, Marita, Marte, Marthe, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Rita.

Romanian

Etymology

From margaretă.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Margareta m (genitive/dative lui Margareta)

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Margaretha

Etymology

From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with English Margaret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marɡa²reːta/

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Proper noun

Margareta c (genitive Margaretas)

1. 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..."

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Usage notes

• Popular in the middle of the 20th century, particularly as a middle name.

Related terms

• Greta, Margit, Margot, Margret, Marit, Marita, Merit, Märit, Märta

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.