Margareta is a female given name mainly used by Germans, Austrians, Romanians, Swedes, and others. It derives from

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

, where it came from the

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

word ''margaritari'' (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. It is cognate with

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

, Marguerite, and

Margarita A margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Some margarita recipes include simple syrup as well and are often served with salt on the rim of the glass. Margaritas can be served either shaken with ice (on the rock ...

.Iseabail MacLeod and Terry Freedman,
Dictionary of First Names
' (1995), p. 146. People with the name include: *

Margareta (missionary) Margareta (c. 1369 – c. 1414) was a Swedish Sami missionary. Between about 1388 and 1414, she travelled around Sweden asking churches for support in spreading Christianity to the Sami people. In 1389, her campaign prompted a letter from the ...

(–), Swedish missionary *

Margareta of Romania Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (; born 26 March 1949) is the eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the Hous ...

(born 1949), Crown-Princess of Romania * Maya Ackerman, Russian-American computer scientist *

Margareta Alströmer Margareta Hedvig Alströmer, as married ''Cronstedt af Fullerö'' (12 December 1763 – 19 February 1816), was a Swedish painter and concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.An ...

(1763–1816), Swedish artist *

Margareta Andersson Margareta Andersson (born 1948) is a Swedish Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1995 to 2006. External links Margareta Anderssonat the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliament ...

(born 1948), Swedish politician *

Margareta Bengtson Margareta Bengtson (born 1966) (formerly Margareta Jalkéus, having married and divorced Real Group bandmate Anders Jalkeus) is the former soprano of The Real Group, a professional a cappella vocal jazz quintet from Sweden. She sang with the grou ...

(born 1966), Swedish soprano *

Margareta Brahe Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attentio ...

(1603–1669), Swedish lady-in-waiting *

Margareta Capsia Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait painter. Biography and caree ...

(1682–1759), Finnish artist *

Margareta Cederfelt Margareta Cederfelt (born in 1959 in Limhamn, Sweden) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2000 to 2002, and a replacement member of the Riksdag from 1999 to 2000. Since 2006, she has again been a r ...

(born 1959), Swedish politician *

Margareta Cederschiöld Margareta Cordelia Cederschiöld (30 December 1879 – 29 July 1962) was a Swedish tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the outdoor singles. She lost in the first round in the indoo ...

, Swedish tennis player *

Margareta Dockvil Margareta Dockvil (died after 1673), was a Swedish hatmaker. She played an important role in the guild conflict between the hat makers and hat ornament makers of Stockholm, and was the cause of an important reform. She was married to the Elder Doc ...

(died after 1673), Swedish hatmaker *

Margareta Kozuch Margareta Anna "Maggie" Kozuch (; born 30 October 1986) is a German female volleyball Player (game), player who played for Atom Trefl Sopot, and previously played as a wing-spiker for TuS Berne Hamburg, CVMJ Hamburg, TV Fischbek (who changed th ...

(born 1986), German volleyball player *

Margareta Pogonat Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat (6 March 1933 – 11 May 2014) was a Romanian theatre and film actress. She was born in Iași. Her father, Alexandru Pogonat, was a journalist and poet who died in 1941 on the Eastern Front; her grandfather, , was a jur ...

(1933–2014), Romanian actress *

Margareta Priolo Margareta Priolo (14 March 1890 – 13 March 1955) (sometimes spelled Marguerite or Margarida) was an Occitan folklorist and teacher from the Limousin region in southern France. As a young woman, she was named Queen of the Félibrige celebratio ...

(1890–1955), Occitan writer, singer, teacher *

Margareta Webber Margareta Louise Pitcairn Webber (17 September 1891 - 6 May 1983) was a book seller from Melbourne Australia who ran a bookstore in McEwan house for nearly 40 years, called The Bookshop of Margareta Webber. She was a respected business person, an ...

(1891–1983), Australian Bookseller

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