Margareta
Greek at root, carrying the sense of "pearl", and one of several forms that sit alongside Małgorzata. Only about 700 Polish women bear it, few enough that most Poles have never met one.
Margareta Pronunciation
Margareta is pronounced mahr-gah-RE-tah (/margaˈrɛta/).
What Margareta means
Where Margareta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Margareta begins with one Greek word, margaritēs, meaning pearl. In Polish that is perła. The word had crossed several languages before Greek borrowed it, and Greek then passed it westward, so a pearl came to sit at the front of the name.
In Poland the same name settled into Małgorzata, and Margareta stands beside it as a variant, along with Margarete. Reach for the warmer forms and you get Małgosia, then shorter still, Gosia. A teacher reading the class register might write Małgorzata in full and call the girl Gosia by the second week.
Saint Margaret of Antioch carried the name into the church calendar, and her feast gave Polish girls their imieniny. The pearl kept its place. Whatever the name gathered over the centuries, it still opens onto perła, the pearl inside Margareta, Małgorzata, and Gosia.
How many people are named Margareta
1 in 30672 women in Poland is named Margareta. 735 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1092 among female names.
Margareta's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Margareta as a middle name
Margareta is a first name for 735 women in Poland and a middle name for another 311, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 384th, between Ingrid (313) and Valentina (311).
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#382 Anh313
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#383 Ingrid313
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#384 Margareta311
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#385 Valentina311
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#386 Luna310