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Margarita

girl name
Origin
Spanish
Syllables
4
Peak era
1990s/2000s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Margaret, pearl

Goes by Maggie, Rita

The story

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Margarita around the world

One shared root links 17 names across 7 languages.

Shared root: from Greek margarites "pearl", by way of Latin Margarita

The constellation

MargaritaSpanishMargaretEnglishMargueriteFrench
14 more branches of this family
MargretEnglish · variantMargotFrench · short formMargoFrench · variantGretaGerman · short formGretchenGerman · diminutivePeggyEnglish · short formMaggieEnglish · short formMargieEnglish · short formMargeryEnglish · variantMarjorieEnglish · variantMeganWelsh · short formMaisieScottish · short formMazieEnglish · variantRitaItalian · short form

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Margarita peaked in the 1990s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

945 people · the #8,620 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 200,000 · median age 61

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s

Among people named Margarita living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Margarita

People given the name Margarita in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Margarita

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Margarita truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Margarita fits with your family’s names and surname.

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