Margaret
From the Greek word for "pearl". It stays rare in Poland: only about 500 women carry it, and it's fading further, with almost no girls given the name now.
Margaret Pronunciation
Margaret is pronounced mahr-GAH-ret (/marˈgarɛt/).
What Margaret means
Where Margaret comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Margaret begins in Greek. The word margarites meant pearl, a small hard treasure fished from the sea, and it passed through Latin before reaching English, where the name grew thoroughly at home. Saint Margaret of Antioch, a martyr venerated across the medieval West, carried it into common use, and queens and abbesses bore it for centuries after.
In Polish the name became Małgorzata, the form that appears on a class register or an official document at the urząd. Everyday speech softens it. Friends call a Małgorzata by Małgosia, or shorter still, Gosia. The variant Margareta stays nearer the Latin, while Greta, clipped down, walks off on its own.
The pearl was never mined. It grows slowly, as an oyster wraps layer after layer around a single grain of sand, which suits a name that means perła.
How many people are named Margaret
1 in 43774 women in Poland is named Margaret. 515 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1299 among female names.
Margaret's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Margaret as a middle name
Margaret is a first name for 515 women in Poland and a middle name for another 565, a 48/52 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 302nd, between Emily (574) and Mirella (561).
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#300 Veronica584
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#301 Emily574
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#302 Margaret565
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#303 Mirella561
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#304 Antonia556