Meaning of the nameMargareth

Margareth is a female name of Greek and Latin origin, a spelling of Margaret, which comes from the Latin Margarita and the Greek margarítēs, 'pearl'.

Meaning

“pearl”

Source: Wiktionary: Margaret · Behind the Name: Margaret

People (2022): 16,264
Rank in Brazil: #1,220
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 14,542; people

Margareth in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Margareth, 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 (7,075 people).

16,198 women 66 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 Margareth is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,591	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	3,450	0.022%
Minas Gerais	2,423	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	822	0.008%
Paraná	777	0.007%
Espírito Santo	661	0.017%
Santa Catarina	607	0.008%
Pará	589	0.007%
Goiás	471	0.007%
Bahia	457	0.003%
Amazonas	358	0.009%
Distrito Federal	287	0.010%
Pernambuco	249	0.003%
Maranhão	244	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	231	0.008%
Mato Grosso	186	0.005%
Paraíba	173	0.004%
Ceará	154	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	153	0.005%
Sergipe	69	0.003%
Alagoas	61	0.002%
Rondônia	60	0.004%
Piauí	56	0.002%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Amapá	45	0.006%
Roraima	27	0.004%

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

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.

This is the most common spelling in the group, with a final TH. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Other spellings of Margareth

Spelling	People (2022)
Margareth	16,264
Margaret	3,313

Sources

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

Questions about the name Margareth

What does the name Margareth mean?

Margareth means “pearl”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Margareth in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,264 people with the first name Margareth, which ranks it number 1,220 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Margareth is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,198 women and 66 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Margareth?

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

In which Brazilian state is Margareth most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.022% of the state's population is named Margareth (3,450 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Margareth?

Margaret. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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