Margaret

Greek

"pearl"

Margaret Origin and Meaning

Variation of Daisy

Margaret Rank in US Top 1000

# 119 in the US

Margaret Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 104 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Margaret

• 119 US 2024
• 104 Nameberry 2025
• 96 Future 2028
• 495 England 2024

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Famous People Named Margaret

• Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams English actress
• Saint Margaret Antiochene Virgin,Martyr
• Saint Margaret of Wessex "The Pearl of Scotland"
• Margaret Maid of Norway, Queen of Scots
• Margaret I Queen of Denmark
• Margaret of England Queen consort of Alexander III of Scots
• Margaret of Denmark Queen consort of James III of Scots
• Margaret Tudor Queen consort of James IV of Scots
• Margaret of Anjou Queen consort of Henry VI of England
• Margaret of Valois Queen consort of Henry IV of France
• Margaret of Burgundy Queen consort of Louis X and I of France and Navarre
• Margaret of Provence Queen consort of Louis IX of France
• Margaret Leijonhufvud Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden
• Margaret of Austria Queen consort of Philip III and II of Spain and Portugal
• Margaret Hilda Thatcher British Prime Minister
• Margaret Rose Princess of the U.K., Countess of Snowdon; sister of Queen Elizabeth II
• Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah of Connaught Crown Princess of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
• Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell American novelist
• Margaret Eleanor Atwood Canadian novelist and poet
• Margaret Higgins Sanger American birth control activist
• Margaret Moran Cho American comedienne
• Margaret Peterson Haddix American novelist
• Margaret Mead American anthropologist
• Margaret Travolta American actress; sister of John Travolta
• Margaret Wise Brown American children's author
• Margaret Bourke White, American photographer
• Margaret Juliet "Marlo" Thomas American actress
• Margaret Grace Denig birth name of Maggie Grace, American actress
• Margaret Denise Quigley birth name of Maggie Q, American actress
• Margaret Court Australian tennis player
• (Sarah) Margaret Fuller American feminist; transcendentalist writer and critic
• Margaret Cassidy "Maggie" Lawson American actress
• Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith English actress
• Margaret Warner Morley American biologist and author
• Margaret Floy Washburn American psychologist
• Margaret Gorman first Miss America (1921)
• Margaret Grace Bondfield British feminist and Minister of Labour
• Margaret Drabble Lady Holroyd, English novelist
• Margaret Stohl American novelist
• Margaret Edith Weis American novelist
• Margaret Beaufort mother to King Henry VII of England
• (Mary) Margaret Truman Daniel American singer and author, daughter of U.S. President Harry Truman
• Margaret Lucas Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle,upon,Tyne, English author and scientist
• Margaret Mary Theodora Macdonald daughter of 1st Canadian Prime Minister John Macdonald
• Sarah Margaret Qualley American model and actress
• Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins) American painter, creator of the "big,eyed waifs" and subject of the Tim Burton film "Big Eyes"
• Margaret Glaspy American singer,songwriter
• Margaret Heather "Maggie" Christian (b. 2006) daughter of American actress Kellie Martin
• Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager (b. 2013) daughter of Jenna Bush Hager
• Margaret Anne "Aurie" Jackson (b.2018) daughter of Matthew John Jackson
• Margaret Hamilton American computer scientist
• Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra) American actress
• Margaret "Marni" Nixon (born Margaret Nixon McEathron) American soprano and ghost singer
• Margaret Vivian Benedict (b. 2024), daughter of actors Rob Benedict and Ruth Connell

The name Margaret in Pop Culture

• Margaret and Bessatsu Margaret Japanese shojo manga magazines
• Margaret "Boots" character in Gregor The Overlander
• Margaret "Mae" Borowski main character in "Night in The Woods"
• Margaret Brackenreid Inspector Thomas Brackenreid's wife on CBC's "Murdoch Mysteries"
• Margaret "Daisy" Brooke character in "Little Women"
• Margaret "Peggy" Wanker Bundy character on TV's "Married with Children"
• Margaret "Peggy" Carter character in Marvel Universe
• Margaret Dashwood character in "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
• Margaret de Villeroy character in G. A. Henty's "At Agincourt"
• Margaret "Maggie" Duval a character on MTV's "Scream", also Emma Duval's mother
• Margaret of Evesham character in G. A. Henty's, "Winning His Spurs"
• Margaret Baroness Falconbridge, character in "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
• Margaret Hale character in Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South"
• Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan character on TV's "M*A*S*H"
• Margaret Humphreys character in film "Oranges and Sunshine"
• Margaret Mildred "Kit" Kittredge American Girl doll character
• Margaret "Maggie" Lang character in Marvel Universe
• Margaret "Meg" March character in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
• Margaret "Meg" Masters demon on TV's "Supernatural"
• Margaret "Meg" McCaffrey character in the "Trials of Apollo" book series
• Margaret "Meg" Murry main character in "A Wrinkle in Time"
• Margaret "Maggie" Pierce character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Margaret "Meg" Pryor main character on TV's "American Dreams"
• Margaret Ellen "Maggie" Sawyer character in DC Universe
• Margaret Schlegel character in E.M. Forster's "Howards End"
• Margaret Katherine "Maggie" Seaver character on TV's "Growing Pains"
• Margaret "Maggie" Sheffield eldest daughter on TV's "The Nanny"
• Margaret Simon main character in "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume
• Margaret Evelyn "Maggie" Simpson baby on TV's "The Simpsons"
• Margaret Tate character in film "The Proposal"
• Margaret Wade character in comic strip "Dennis the Menace"
• Margaret "Meg" Chalmers main character in Lois Lowry's "A Summer to Die"

International Variations of the name Margaret

• Marguerite French
• Margarita Spanish