Marguerite

Where Marguerite comes from

Borrowed from French Marguerite in the 1860s. Doublet of Margaret, ultimately from the Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Marguerite
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #223 among girls — 48 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1903
    Marguerite Yourcenar born
    French novelist and essayist
  3. 1914
    Marguerite Duras born
    French writer and film director
  4. 1917
    Peak, #78
    3,161 babies named Marguerite — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1929
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #155.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Marguerite Yourcenar · French novelist and essayist, 1903–1987
  • Marguerite Duras · French writer and film director, 1914–1996
  • Marguerite Perey · French physicist, 1909–1975
  • Marguerite Durand · French actress and journalist, editor, 1864–1936
  • Marguerite Broquedis · French tennis player, 1893–1983

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.