Margaret (name)

Margaret or Margaret is a female first name.

  • 4.2.1 first name
  • 4.2.2 Between Name

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Margarete is derived from the ancient Greek " margarites " ( μαργαρίτης ), meaning " pearl ." About the Latin " margarita " the name came in the German language area. In addition to the Greek the word in a number of other languages ​​also has the meaning " pearl": Persian ( " Morvarid " = "pearl" or more accurately " child of light ", as in Persian mythology, the pearl through the conversion of a dewdrop by the moon light is produced ); Georgian ( " Margali " = "Pearl " ) and Sanskrit, Manjari ( "Pearl ", actually: " garland of flowers ").

From the Middle Ages to the early 20th century, this was one of the most popular and most common female name at all.

Among other things, by the Margarete - or the " Gretchen " - in Goethe's Faust I and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, which acts as a saving figure of light in the forest, Margarete is regarded as the typical German woman's name per se, such as in Paul Celan's poem Death Fugue:

" Your golden hair Margarete aschenes your hair Shulamith "

Here the German Margarete is the Hebrew Shulamite of the Song of repeated each offset by one row is added.

In the postwar period the name was often referred to as old-fashioned and is rarely awarded. In the United States and Poland, he is still very popular.

Name-day

As Name Days following days are used:

Variants

  • Bulgarian: Margarita, Marga, Margita
  • Danish: Grete, Margrete, Margretje, Meret, Merit, Merrit, Mette, Marta
  • German: gift, Gita, Gitta, Gredel, Greta, Gretchen, Greta, Greten, Gretel, Gretha, Gretli, Griet, Grit, Grita, Gritt, Gritta Magrit, Maret, Marga, Margit, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margone, Margot [ margɔt ], Margot, Margrit, meta, metta, Reda, Reta, Rita Frisian: Gretje, Grietje
  • Low German: Greet
  • Swiss German: Gritli, Margrit, Greti

Famous names winners

Overviews:

  • List of noblemen named Margarete - there also to rulers

Margarete

First name

  • Margaret (Scotland ) ( 1283-1290 ), Queen of Scots
  • Margaret I (Flanders) († 1194), Countess of Flanders
  • Margrethe II (Flanders) ( 1202-1280 ), Countess of Flanders and Hainaut
  • Margaret III. (Flanders) ( 1350-1405 ), Countess of Flanders, Artois, Nevers, Rethel, free Countess of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant and Limb
  • Margarete Aburumieh (* 1951), Austrian politician
  • Margaret Adam (1885-1946), German high school teacher
  • Margarete Adler (1896-1990), Austrian swimmer
  • Margaret of Angoulême (1492-1549), French writer
  • Margaret Aurin (1897-1989), German kindergarten teacher and Montessori teacher
  • Margaret of Baden (1431-1457), Margravine of Baden
  • Margarete Bause (* 1959), German politician ( Green )
  • Margaret Behm (1860-1929), German politician ( DNVP )
  • Margaret Benda († 1913), German writer and actress
  • Margarete for Bentlage (1891-1954), German writer
  • Margarete Berent (1887-1965), German jurist
  • Margaret Berger- Heisenberg (1911-1981), German politician (SPD )
  • Margaret Beutler (1876-1949), poet, writer
  • Margarete Bieber (1879-1978), German archaeologist and university teacher
  • Margarete Blank (1901-1945), German physician
  • Margarete Blarer (1494-1541), German reformer and Deaconess
  • Margaret of Blois (c. 1170-1230 ), Countess of Blois and Châteaudun
  • Margarete Boie (1880-1946), German author
  • Margarete Boos (* 1954), German psychologist
  • Margaret Bothe (1914-1945), German elementary school teacher and historian
  • Margarete break (1882-1963), German writer
  • Margaret Bruns (1873-1944), German writer
  • Margarete Buber- Neumann (1901-1989), German publicist
  • Margaret Bucklin, German persecuted as a witch woman
  • Margarete Buscher (1938-1991), German sprinter and middle distance runner
  • Margaret of Castell ( † 1492), German provost at the Abbey Food
  • Margarete Dessoff (1874-1944), German choir director and voice teacher
  • Dierks Margaret (1914-2010), German journalist and literary figure
  • Margarete Dörr ( * 1928), German historian and Geschichtsdidaktikerin
  • Margaret Duren (* 1904), German opera singer
  • Margaret English (1895-1984), German politician (CDU )
  • Margarete van Ess ( * 1960 ), German Near Eastern archaeologist
  • Margarete Fischer -Bosch (1888-1972), German politician
  • Margarete Franke (1909-2011), German interior designer and artist
  • Margarete von Galen (* 1955), German lawyer
  • Margaret Mount Gram (1895-1968), German politician
  • Margaret Grow, German beauty queen, dancer and model
  • Margarete Gröwel (1899-1979), German politician
  • Margarete Gutöhrlein (1884-1958), German Children's Village founder
  • Margarete Haagen (1889-1966), German actress
  • Margarete Hannsmann (1921-2007), German writer
  • Margaret Hauptmann (1875-1957), German violinist and actress
  • Margaret of Henneberg (1234-1276), Countess of Henneberg
  • Margarete Herzberg (1921-2007), German opera singer
  • Margarete Heymann (1899-1990), German ceramic designer
  • Margarete Hilferding (1871-1942), Austrian physician and psychologist Individual
  • Margarete von Hindenburg (1897-1988), daughter of Paul von Hindenburg
  • Margaret Hoell (1909-1986), German resistance fighter
  • Margarete Hütter (1909-2003), German diplomat and politician (FDP)
  • Margaret Hunter ( born 1951 ), German linguist
  • Margarete year (b. 1967), Austrian media artist and art theorist
  • Margarete Jehn (* 1935), German writer and songwriter
  • Margarete Joswig, German mezzo-soprano
  • Margaret Young (1874-1966), German designer
  • Margaret Kaufmann (1908-1942), German resistance fighter
  • Margaret Countess Keyserling (1879-1958), German women's rights activist
  • Margarete Klose (1899-1968), German singer
  • Margarete Kühn ( art historian) ( 1902-1995 ), German art historian
  • Margarete copper (1881-1953), German actress
  • Margaret Lang chamber (1866-1922), German actress and writer
  • Margaret Metzner, German figure skater
  • Margarete Meusel (1897-1953), German social worker and righteous among the nations, see Marga Meusel
  • Margarete Mewes (1914-1998), German camp guard
  • Margaret Michaelson (1873-1924), German scripture clean
  • Margarete Mitscherlich (1917-2012), German psychoanalyst, physician and author
  • Margarete Mrosek (1902-1945), German resistance fighter
  • Margarete Müller ( * 1931), German politician (SED )
  • Margarete Müller (CDU ) ( 1887-1958 ), German politician
  • Margarete Neumann (1917-2002), German writer and poet
  • Margarete Niggemeyer (* 1932), German religious educator and high school teacher
  • Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, daughter of Maximilian I., wife of Prince Juan of Asturias and of Duke Philibert II of Savoy
  • Margarete Paulick (1869-1964), German writer and librettist
  • Margarete Rabe (* 1923), German camp guard
  • Margarete Raunert (1895-1994), German author
  • Margarete Roderig (* 1957), German politician (CDU )
  • Margarete Rudoll (1906-1979), German politician (SPD )
  • Margarete Scheel (1881-1969), German sculptor and ceramic designer
  • Margaret Schick (1773-1809), German soprano
  • Margarete Schlegel (1899-1987), German actress
  • Margarete Schön (1895-1985), German actress
  • Margarete Schütte- Lihotzky (1897-2000), Austrian architect
  • Margarete Seemann (1893-1949), Austrian children's book author
  • Margarete Sommer (1893-1965), German social worker and righteous among the nations
  • Late Margaret (* 1958), German politician (CDU ) and sculptor
  • Margarete Steffin (1908-1941), German actress and writer
  • Margarete Steiff (1847-1909), German entrepreneur
  • Margaret Steinborn (1893-1957), German editor
  • Margarete Stinnes (1840-1911), German founder of the eye clinic at the Ruhr
  • Margaret Steiner Stoeger - stone sites (1893-1969), Austrian publisher, storyteller and women's rights activist
  • Margarete Susman (1872-1966), German philosopher, journalist and poet
  • Margarete Taudte (1920-2009), German actress
  • Margarete Teschemacher (1903-1959), German opera singer (soprano )
  • Margarete Thiemann (1909-1950), German painter
  • Margarete Trappe (1884-1957), German -British big game hunter
  • Margarete Turnowsky - Pinner (1884-1982), German -Israeli social worker and author
  • Margaret of Valois (1553-1615), Queen of France and Navarre
  • Margarete Verstegen (1929-2008), German politician (CDU ), Member of Parliament
  • Margarete wine Handl (1880-1975), Austrian- German writer, storyteller, poet and teacher
  • Margaret White Kirchner (1460-1500), companion of Count Philip I of Hanau- Miinzenberg
  • Margarete Wengels (1856-1931), German socialist
  • Margarete Wietholz (1869-1910), German writer
  • Margarete Windthorst (1884-1958), German writer
  • Margarete Wittber (1898-1964), German teacher and writer
  • Margarete Wittkowski (1910-1974), German economist and politician (KPD, SED)
  • Margarete von Wrangell (1877-1932), German -Baltic Agrikulturchemikerin and high school teacher
  • Margarete Zabe (1877-1963), German politician (SPD )
  • Margarete Ziegler Raschdorf (* 1951), German politician (CDU )

Margaret

First name

  • Margaret I (Netherlands ) ( 1311-1356 ), Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland
  • Margaret I (1353-1412), founder of the Kalmar Union
  • Margarethe von Alvensleben (1840-1899), German abbess
  • Margaret Bacher (1934-2005), German cook
  • Margaret Bernbrunn (1788-1861), German soprano, actress and writer
  • Margarethe Billerbeck ( b. 1945 ), Swiss Classicist
  • Margarethe von Braunschweig -Lüneburg (1573-1643), Duchess of Saxe- Coburg
  • Margarethe von Bülow (1860-1884), German author
  • Margarethe Cammermeyer ( born 1942 ), American soldier and lesbian activist
  • Margarethe of Denmark (1456-1486), Danish princess, Queen of Scotland
  • Margarethe von der Saale (1522-1566), wife of Landgrave Philip of Hesse
  • Margarethe von Diez (1544-1608), Countess
  • Margarethe von Döhlau († 1569 ), Abbess
  • Margaret of Durazzo (1347-1412), Queen of Hungary and Naples
  • Margaret Dux (1914-2006), Austrian actress
  • Margarethe Faas - Hardegger (1882-1963), Swiss women's rights activist and trade unionist
  • Margaret Francksen - Kruckenberg (1890-1975), German painter and Lady Artist
  • Margaret of France (1282-1318), daughter of Philip III. of France
  • Margarethe Geiger (1783-1809), German painter, illustrator and graphic designer
  • Margarethe von Hanau (1411-1441), daughter of Count Reinhard II von Hanau
  • Margarethe von Hanau (1452-1467), daughter of Count Reinhard III. of Hanau
  • Margarethe von Hanau -Lichtenberg (1463-1504), daughter of Count Philip I of Hanau -Lichtenberg
  • Margarethe von Hanau -Lichtenberg (1486-1560), daughter of Count Philip II of Hanau -Lichtenberg
  • Margarethe von Hanau coins Berg (1471-1503), daughter of Count Philip I of Hanau- Miinzenberg
  • Margarethe von Pfalz- Mosbach (1432-1457), wife of Count Reinhard III. of Hanau
  • Margarethe Hauschka (1896-1980), German physician and anthroposophist
  • Margarethe high Leitner ( born 1950 ), Austrian physician
  • Margaret Hormuth - Kallmorgen (1857-1916), German painter and graphic artist
  • Margaret of Italy (1851-1926), Queen of Italy
  • Margaret Jonas (1783-1858), German painter and Bildstickerin
  • Krojer Margaret (* 1954), Austrian politician (Greens), Burgenland Landtag
  • Margarethe Krupp (1854-1931), wife of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, fiduciary Group Director, Foundation Founder
  • Margarethe Clementine of Austria (1870-1955), Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Thurn and Taxis
  • Margaret Lach mouth (1896-1985), German resistance fighter and peace activist
  • Margaret of Luxembourg (1335-1349), Queen of Hungary and Croatia
  • Margarethe von Merwitz († 1469 ), Abbess
  • Margarethe Meyer Schurz (1833-1876), founder of the first kindergarten in the U.S.
  • Margarethe von Münsterberg (1473-1530), Silesian princess of the house Münsterberg, by marriage Princess of Anhalt
  • Margarethe Nimsch (* 1940), German politician (The Greens)
  • Margaret Noé Nordberg (1905-1995), Austrian actress
  • Margaret of Austria (1536-1566), daughter of Ferdinand I., Haller nun in the convent
  • Margaret Ottilinger (1919-1992), Austrian officer and manager
  • Margarethe von Oven (1904-1991), German resistance fighter
  • Margaret of Parma (1522-1586), natural daughter of the Emperor Charles V.
  • Margarethe von Pfalz- Mosbach (1432-1457), Countess of Hanau
  • Margaret of Prussia (1872-1954), German nobles
  • Margaret Quidde (1858-1940), German musician and author
  • Margaret Raabe (1863-1947), German painter
  • Margarethe von Reinken (1877-1962), German painter
  • Margaret of Savoy (1420-1479), Queen of Sicily, Countess Palatine Württemberg and Countess
  • Margaret of Scotland (1424-1445), Scottish Princess, French by marriage Princess
  • Margaret shrines Makers (* 1958), German television presenter
  • Margarethe Siems (1879-1952), German opera singer
  • Margaret Starr man (1892-1953), German politician, officer in the Saxon ministries and members of the Reichstag
  • Margarethenstein houses (1874-1955), Member of Parliament People's State of Hesse
  • Margaret Stonborough -Wittgenstein (1882-1958), building owner of the house Wittgenstein in Vienna
  • Margarethe von Trotta (* 1942), German film director and screenwriter
  • Margaret 's father ( 20th century), German educator
  • Margaret Weikert (* 1914), Austrian alpine skier
  • Margarethe von Winterfeldt (1902-1978), German singing teacher
  • Margaret of joke life (1853-1917), founder of the Hard of Hearing movement in Germany
  • Margaret Wöhrmann (1900-1989), German politician of the SPD (Hamburg)
  • Margaret Wolkenstein Trostburg (* 1920), Austrian patron of the arts

Between Name

  • Susanna Margaret of Anhalt- Dessau (1610-1663), German nobles
  • Sibylle Margarethe von Brieg (1620-1657), Silesian nobleman
  • Maria Margarethe Danzi (1768-1800), German soprano singer and composer

Fictional people, animals, mascots

  • La Reine Margot, novel by Alexandre Dumas
  • Margaret, the beloved Doctor Faust Margaret, the German title of the opera Faust by Charles Gounod
Georg Friedrich Kersting Saint Margaret of Hungary Margaret the Virgin Hildegard of Bingen Saint Margaret of Scotland Gretchen (given name) Daisy (given name) Maggie Peggy (given name) Yiddish language Macedonian language Marghita Hungarian language Margaret, Maid of Norway Margaret I, Countess of Flanders Margaret II, Countess of Flanders Margaret III, Countess of Flanders Margaret, Countess of Blois Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg Margarete Kupfer Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut Margaret I of Denmark Margherita of Savoy Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France Margarethe Schreinemakers Susanna Margarete of Anhalt-Dessau Faust (opera) The Master and Margarita Bayrischzell
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