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Meaning of the nameMargareti

Margareti is a feminine name that ends in -i and recalls Margarete, an adaptation of English Margaret; the origin of the spelling with -i is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,514 people named Margareti, the 6,218th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 52, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Margareti is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,514
Rank in Brazil
#6,218
Median age
52 years
2010 Census
2,681
people

Margareti in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Margareti, 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 (603 people).

1,509 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 Margareti is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5510.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2120.002%
Paraná1460.001%
Minas Gerais1220.001%
Santa Catarina1200.002%
Espírito Santo800.002%
Rio de Janeiro770.001%
Mato Grosso440.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Goiás230.000%
Bahia220.000%
Pará160.000%

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

About the name Margareti

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Margarete as formed from Margar- and the suffix -ete, an adaptation of English Margaret, the equivalent of Margarida, according to Machado (1981). The origin of the spelling Margareti, with a final -i, is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,514 people named Margareti, with a median age of 52. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Margarete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Margareti

What does the name Margareti mean?

The meaning of Margareti is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Margareti in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,514 people with the first name Margareti, which ranks it number 6,218 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Margareti is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,509 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Margareti most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Margareti (212 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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