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

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, where it came from the

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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

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.Iseabail MacLeod and Terry Freedman,
Dictionary of First Names
' (1995), p. 146. People with the name include: * Margareta (missionary) (–), Swedish missionary * Margareta of Romania (born 1949), Crown-Princess of Romania * Maya Ackerman, Russian-American computer scientist * Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish artist * Margareta Andersson (born 1948), Swedish politician * Margareta Bengtson (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 (1682–1759), Finnish artist * Margareta Cederfelt (born 1959), Swedish politician * Margareta Cederschiöld, Swedish tennis player * Margareta Dockvil (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 (1933–2014), Romanian actress * Margareta Priolo (1890–1955), Occitan writer, singer, teacher * Margareta Webber (1891–1983), Australian Bookseller

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