Margaretta

Where Margaretta comes from

Rare Latinization of Margaret. Compare Margareta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Margaretta
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1797
    Margaretta Hare Morris born
    American entomologist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1884
    Peak, #541
    15 babies named Margaretta — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #993.
  5. 1912
    Margaretta Scott born
    British actor
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Margaretta Hare Morris · American entomologist, 1797–1867
  • Margaretta Scott · British actor, 1912–2005
  • Margaretta Riley · British botanist, 1804–1899
  • Margaretta Angelica Peale · painter from the United States, 1795–1882
  • Margaretta D'Arcy · Irish writer, 1934–2025

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.