Margareta

See also: margaréta and Margaréta

German

Etymology

Latinate variant of Margarete (“Margaret”).

Proper noun

Margareta

  1. A female given name.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Margareta

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Margaret, rare in this official form.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with English Margaret.

Proper noun

Margareta c (genitive Margaretas)

  1. A female given name.
    • 1997 Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan (2006), →ISBN, page 160:
      "Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."

Usage notes

  • Popular in the middle of the 20th century, particularly as a middle name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 251 020 females with the given name Margareta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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