Margaret at a glance
- Meaning
- “pearl”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Pronunciation
- MAR-gret
- Nicknames
- Maggie, Meg, Peggy, Daisy
- Other forms
- Marguerite, Margarita, Margherita, Greta
Where the name Margaret comes from
Margaret comes from the Greek word for a pearl, which itself probably came from Persian. St Margaret of Scotland, an 11th-century queen, made it very popular in Britain, and Queen Elizabeth II’s sister was Princess Margaret. It has more nicknames than almost any other English name.
Famous people named Margaret
- Margaret Atwood (novelist)