Margherita

Italian form of Margaret, Greek

"pearl"

Margherita Origin and Meaning

The name Margherita is a girl's name of Italian, Greek origin meaning "pearl".

This elegant variation carries the same core meaning as Margaret while featuring the distinctive Italian pronunciation and spelling. The name has historical significance in Italy, where Saint Margherita of Cortona is a respected religious figure and Queen Margherita is the namesake of the Margherita pizza.

Margherita has remained consistently used in Italy and Italian communities worldwide, and can make an original honor name for an ancestral Margaret. But in the US, this name will forever be misspelled, mispronounced, and misunderstood as the more familiar Spanish Margarita, which may be why it was given to fewer than five baby girls in the US last year.

Popularity of the name Margherita

• 33 Italy 2023

Famous People Named Margherita

• Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna of Savoy Queen consort of Umberto I of Italy
• Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuela Elena Gennara Archduchess consort of Robert of Austria,Este
• Margherita Missoni Italian fashion designer, model and actress
• Margherita Sarfatti Italian biographer and mistress of Benito Mussolini
• Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta Princess of Bourbon,Parma, daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma
• Margherita Buy Italian actress
• Margherita "Madge" Evans American actress
• Margherita Zalaffi Italian Olympic fencer
• Margherita Granbassi Italian Olympic fencer
• Margherita Hack Italian astrophysicist
• Margherita de' Medici Duchess and Regent of Parma and Piacenza
• Margherita Boniver Italian politician
• Margherita Carosio Italian operatic soprano