Margarét
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Margarét is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Ireland it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English Margaret, from the name of a legendary third century saint, borrowed from Old French Margaret, from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 251(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 273
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 329
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Margarét itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #135 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 604 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 251 (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,000,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Margaret in US United States, GB United Kingdom, SE Sweden and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- EnglishMargaret(measured from records)
- Old FrenchMargaret(measured from records)
- LatinMargarita(measured from records)
- Ancient Greekμαργαρίτηςmargarítēs“pearl”(measured from records)
From English Margaret, from the name of a legendary third century saint, borrowed from Old French Margaret, from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
Sources 3
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Margarét counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈4,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 352 | — | Margaret | 58 |
| US United States | #62 | 549,715 | 1 in 605 | 549K | Margaret | 604 |
| GB United Kingdom | #36 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 251 | 15 | Margaret | 342 |
| SE Sweden | — | 198,622as Margareta | 1 in 51 | 199K | Margaret | 69 |
| NG Nigeria | #343 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Margaret | 102 |
| IE Ireland | #28 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 273 | 32 | Margaret | 155 |
| NZ New Zealand | #38 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 329 | 20 | Margaret | 160 |
| IS Iceland | #40 | 2,738as Margrét | 1 in 128 | 3K | Margaret | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Margarét mean, and where does it come from?
- From English Margaret, from the name of a legendary third century saint, borrowed from Old French Margaret, from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- Is Margarét a male or female name?
- Margarét is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Margarét have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.0 million people named Margarét in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled margaret.
- How common is the name Margarét?
- In the United States, the national register counted 549,715 people named Margarét in 2020, about 1 in 605 residents.
- How common is Margarét compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Margarét is the 28th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/margar%C3%A9tThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Margarét” — the 28th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.