Margarita
Greek for "pearl", and the older root behind the familiar Małgorzata. Rare enough that most Poles have never met one, and every single bearer is a woman.
Margarita Pronunciation
Margarita is pronounced mahr-gah-REE-tah (/margaˈrita/).
What Margarita means
Where Margarita comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name comes from Greek, from margaritēs, meaning pearl. Latin carried it west and Spain made it common, where Margarita names both the woman and the daisy that grows in field margins. Russia took it in too. Bulgakov gave the name to the heroine of The Master and Margarita, and Russian readers still hear her when they say it.
In Polish the pearl became perła, and the name grew its own family. Małgorzata is the full form on a birth certificate. Małgosia and Gosia soften it for a school register, while Rita clips it short. One name, four ways to be called.
Margarita itself stays a little foreign in Poland, closer to Spanish and Russian streets than to the parish rolls. A child listed as Margarita at the urząd stands slightly apart from every Małgosia in her class. The meaning underneath does not change. It is pearl, from the Greek, whatever ending the name is given.
How many people are named Margarita
1 in 14072 women in Poland is named Margarita. 1,602 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #776 among female names.
Margarita's popularity over time
8 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #776 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2015.
Where parents choose Margarita
Margarita is most popular in Pomeranian, 132% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+129%) and Lower Silesian (+93%). It is least common in Silesian and Subcarpathian, 67% and 37% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian
+132%1 in 16,369 babies
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Lubusz
+129%1 in 16,552 babies
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Lower Silesian
+93%1 in 19,642 babies
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Silesian
−67%1 in 113,792 babies
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Subcarpathian
−37%1 in 60,283 babies
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West Pomeranian
−10%1 in 42,213 babies
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Pomeranian+132% 9 born1 in 16,369 babies+132%
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Lubusz+129% 3 born1 in 16,552 babies+129%
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Lower Silesian+93% 8 born1 in 19,642 babies+93%
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Podlaskie+73% 3 born1 in 21,929 babies+73%
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Masovian+39% 13 born1 in 27,251 babies+39%
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Greater Poland+23% 7 born1 in 30,749 babies+23%
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Warmian-Masurian+6% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies+6%
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Lesser Poland±0% 6 born1 in 37,819 babies±0%
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West Pomeranian−10% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−10%
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Subcarpathian−37% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−37%
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Silesian−67% 2 born1 in 113,792 babies−67%
Margarita as a middle name
Margarita is a first name for 1,602 women in Poland and a middle name for another 252, an 86/14 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 426th, between Martha (255) and Karin (251).
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#424 Karola255
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#425 Martha255
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#426 Margarita252
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#427 Karin251
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#428 Luisa250