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Meaning of the nameMargaret

Margaret is a spelling of the name Margareth, which means “pearl”.

Meaning

“pearl”

Meaning of the name Margareth, of which Margaret is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Margaret · Behind the Name: Margaret

People (2022)
3,313
Rank in Brazil
#3,625
Median age
57 years
2010 Census
3,698
people

Margaret in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Margaret, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,380 people).

3,304 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Margaret is most common

States with the highest share of people named Margaret in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.004%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  5. Paraná 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7370.002%
Minas Gerais5550.003%
Rio de Janeiro4150.003%
Rio Grande do Sul3590.003%
Santa Catarina2950.004%
Paraná2110.002%
Bahia980.001%
Pará830.001%
Goiás720.001%
Espírito Santo720.002%
Pernambuco560.001%
Mato Grosso500.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Distrito Federal450.002%
Maranhão350.001%
Amazonas310.001%
Ceará290.000%
Rondônia230.002%
Rio Grande do Norte220.001%
Paraíba170.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Margaret

It keeps the English spelling, without the final H. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

About the name Margareth

Wiktionary traces the English name Margaret from the Latin Margarita and the Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), 'pearl', with an ultimate origin in an Indo-Iranian language, and Behind the Name gives the same chain. The spelling Margareth, with a final TH, appears in Wiktionary, in the Norwegian section, as a variant of Margaret. Margarida and Margarete are the Portuguese equivalents listed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,264 people named Margareth, with a median age of 55, almost always women and mostly born in the 1960s and 1970s.

Other spellings of Margareth

SpellingPeople (2022)
Margareth16,264
Margaret3,313

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Margaret · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Margareth · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Margaret · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Margaret

What does the name Margaret mean?

Margaret means “pearl”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Margareth, of which Margaret is a spelling.

How many people are named Margaret in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,313 people with the first name Margaret, which ranks it number 3,625 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Margaret a boy's or a girl's name?

Margaret is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,304 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Margaret?

Margaret is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Margaret most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.004% of the state's population is named Margaret (295 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Margaret?

Margareth. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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