Baby names info for MARGARET:

• Gender: girl
• Syllables: 3
• Characters: 8
• Pronunciation: MAR-ger-it

Origin and Meaning:

• Greek meaning of the name MARGARET for a girl:
  • pearl

• Hebrew (Biblical) meaning of the name MARGARET for a girl:
  • jewel

• Irish meaning of the name MARGARET for a girl:
  • name of a saint

• Latin meaning of the name MARGARET for a girl:
  • pearl

Baby Names Popularity:

• MARGARET is the 187^th most popular girl's name in the United States.

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Nicknames:

• MAGGIE, MEG

MARGARET appears in the following lists of names:

• Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
• Basketball Hall of Famers
• Survivor Contestants
• Miss Universe pageant winners
• The World's 100 Most Powerful Women (2008)
• Wimbledon Women's Tennis Champions
• 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900
• National Women's Hall of Fame members
• Miss America pageant winners
• Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famers
• First Ladies of the United States
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
• Miss World 2007 pageant contestants