Margaret
Meaning of Margaret
The name Margaret is a classic, dignified choice for a baby girl. It is of English origin and pronounced as MAR-guh-ret (/ˈmɑr.gət/). This timeless name also carries elegant French and German pronunciations, where it's spoken as mar-GA-reh (/maʁ.ɡa.ʁɛt/) and MAHR-gah-ret (/ˈmaʀ.ɡa.ʁɛt/) respectively. Margaret has been a popular choice in the United States for many decades, consistently appearing in the top 200 names since 1890. Cute variations like Maggie and Meg can offer more informal or playful options for everyday use, while still retaining the sophistication of the full name Margaret.
Pronunciation
German
- Pronunced as MAHR-gah-ret (/ˈmaʀ.ɡa.ʁɛt/)
French
- Pronunced as mar-GA-reh (/maʁ.ɡa.ʁɛt/)
English
- Pronunced as MAR-guh-ret (/ˈmɑr.gət/)
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Notable People Named Margaret
| Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was known for her strong leadership and implementation of Thatcherism economic policies. |
| Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a prolific Canadian writer and environmental activist, known for her award-winning novels and poetry, with several of her works adapted for film and television. |
| Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer, and playwright who gained recognition for her extensive literary works and influential social connections. |
| Margaret Mead was a prominent American cultural anthropologist known for her frequent appearances as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Margaret Court, also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player and a Christian minister, known for holding the record for the most women's singles major titles in tennis history. |
| Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist and systems engineer known for her pioneering work in developing on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program, as well as for founding two successful software companies. |
| Margaret Chase Smith - Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was a pioneering American politician, the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and the first woman to represent Maine, known for her courageous criticism of Joseph McCarthy's tactics. |
| Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy - Archduchess Margaret of Austria, the first of many female regents in the Netherlands, served as Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. |
| Margaret Bourke-White was a pioneering American photographer known for her groundbreaking work in documenting Soviet industry, as the first American female war photojournalist, and for her iconic photograph featured on the first issue of Life magazine. |
| Margaret Joan Trudeau is a Canadian activist, known for her marriage to the 15th prime minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau, and for being the mother of the current prime minister, Justin Trudeau. She is also an advocate for people with bipolar disorder. |
| Margaret Pabst Battin, also known as Peggy Battin, is an American philosopher, medical ethicist, and author who is a distinguished professor at the University of Utah, known for her support of assisted suicide and her extensive work on its ethical aspects. |
| Margaret Fay Shaw was a pioneering Scottish-American ethnomusicologist, photographer, folklorist, and scholar of Celtic studies known for her meticulous work as a folk song and folklore collector among Scottish Gaelic-speakers in the Hebrides, Canadian Gaelic-speaking communities in Nova Scotia, and Connaught Irish speakers in the Aran Islands. |
| Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford was a renowned English actress of stage, television, and film. |
| Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was a prominent figure in Scottish and English history, being the granddaughter of Henry VII of England and the grandmother of James VI and I. |
| Margaret Brown, also known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown," was an American socialite and philanthropist who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and advocated for the rescue of other survivors. |
