Margherita
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek. See ) Margaret in main dictionary
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Margherita is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 99K
- USUnited States1 in 255K
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 Margherita 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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 199 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈51,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
From Greek. See ) Margaret in main dictionary. * a
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Margherita 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #228 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 1.1K | Margherita | 199 |
| US United States | — | 1,307 | 1 in 255K | 1.3K | Margherita | 184 |
| FR France | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 30 | Margherita | 146 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 137K | listed | Margherita | 71 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Margherita | 34 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Margherita | 22 |
| AL Albania | — | 89as Margerita | 1 in 35K | 89 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | — | 86as Margerita | 1 in 49K | 86 | Margherita | 11 |
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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); the hanks-first-names-2001 register; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Margherita is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ellipsis of Pizza Margherita
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, pearl
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Dal greco margarítēs, 'perla'; nome di numerose sante, tra cui Margherita d'Antiochia e Margherita da Cortona.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Dal latino margarita ‘perla’; cfr. ant. ted. mergriz, meergrits con lo stesso senso.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
Perla
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mary of Modenab. 1658ITnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England (1685-1688)
- Archduchess Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austriab. 1840DEnot in their usual nameAustrian Imperial and Saxon Royal (1840-1858)
- Margherita of Savoyb. 1851ITQueen of Italy from 1878 to 1900
- Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parmab. 1870ITnot in their usual nameBulgarian and Parmese Royal
- Margherita Sarfattib. 1880ITItalian writer, journalist, art critic and unmarried partner of Benito Mussolini (1880-1961)
- Princess Margarete Karola of Saxonyb. 1900DEnot in their usual nameSaxon Royal (1900–1962)
- Princess Iolanda, Countess of Bergolob. 1901ITnot in their usual nameItalian Royal (1901-1986)
- Margherita Hackb. 1922ITItalian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)
- Paola Ruffo di Calabriab. 1937ITnot in their usual namequeen consort of the Belgians
- Margherita Buyb. 1962ITItalian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #10,273 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 1.1K | #31 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1969 | 30 | #1,074 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 25 | #3,362 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 6 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1 | #10,273 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | Il Grande Libro dei Nomi per Bebè (2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Margherita come from?
- From Greek. See ) Margaret in main dictionary. * a Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Margherita?
- In the etymology graph, Margaret, Margarita and Megan are forms of the same name in other languages; Rita is a recorded short or pet form.
- What does the name Margherita mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Greek. See ) Margaret in main dictionary.
- Is Margherita a male or female name?
- Margherita 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 Margherita have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 51 thousand people named Margherita in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled margherita.
- How common is the name Margherita?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,307 people named Margherita in 2020, about 1 in 255 thousand residents.
- How common is Margherita compared with other names?
- In Italy, Margherita is the 228th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/margheritaThe 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, “Margherita” — the 228th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.