Margarete

German, Russian and Scandinavian variation of Margaret
"pearl"

Margarete Origin and Meaning

The name Margarete is a girl's name meaning "pearl".

A common name in many cultures, sometimes spelled Margarethe.

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Famous People Named Margarete

  • Margarete Beatrice Feodora aka Princess Margaret of PrussiaLandgravine of Hesse, Queen consort,elect of Finland, granddaughter of Queen Victoria
  • MargaretePrincess of Brunswick,Wolfenbüttel; Duchess of Münsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt
  • Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram PaulaDuchess of Saxony; Princess of Hohenzollern
  • Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe JohannaArchduchess of Austria; sister of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Margarete WeißkirchnerCountess of Hanau,Münzenberg
  • Margarete KupferGerman actress
  • Margarete "Grete" SchütteLihotzky, Austrian architect
  • Margarete SteiffGerman stuffed animal maker
  • Margarete SchönGerman actress
  • Margarete BuberNeumann, German activist and memoirist
  • Margarete BieberGerman,American art historian
  • Margarete WallmannGerman ballerina
  • Margarete "Grete" WittkowskiGerman economist and politician
  • Margarethe Elisabeth Sylva "Margarete" SchlegelGerman actress
  • Margarete RobsahmNorwegian actress
  • Margarete LannerGerman actress
  • Margarete HaagenGerman actress

Margarete in Pop Culture

  • Margaretementioned in Paul Celan's Holocaust poem "Fugue of Death" ("your golden hair, Margarete/your ashen hair, Shulamith")

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