Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages. In Latin it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians.^[1] (In Sogdian, it was marγārt. In modern Persian, the word has become مروارید, morvārīd, meaning 'pearl'.)

The flower daisy is called margarita in Spanish, Greek and other languages. In Italian it's margherita and in French is marguerite. The name is also used in Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Russian. Margarita is a variant of the likewise Persian-origin given name Margaret.

The traditional short form of this name is Rita.

List of people with the given name

• Infanta Margarita, 2nd Duchess of Hernani (b. 1939), the younger sister of King Juan Carlos and aunt of the reigning King Felipe VI of Spain
• Margaret of Austria (1584–1611), Queen consort of Spain and Portugal by her marriage to King Philip III and II
• Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758–1801), the third daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler and sister in law of Alexander Hamilton
• Princess Margarita, Countess of Colorno (born 1972), Dutch princess
• Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905–1981), Greek princess consort
• Margarita Teresa of Spain, Holy Roman Empress
• Princess Margarita of Romania (born 1949), Romanian princess and Custodian of the Crown of Romania
• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Dominican politician and lawyer, current Vice President and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic
• Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), Soviet poet and journalist
• Margarita Argúas (1902–1986), Argentine academic and judge
• Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (born 2002), daughter of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
• Margarita Carmen Cansino, the birth name of American actress Rita Hayworth
• Margarita D'Amico (1938–2017), Venezuelan journalist, researcher, and professor
• Margarita María Birriel Salcedo (born 1953), Spanish-Puerto Rican professor, expert in women's history and women's studies
• Nitza Margarita Cintrón (born 1969), Chief of Space Medicine at NASA's Johnson Space Center
• Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838-1919), Colombian historian, translator, genealogist
• Margarita Mariscal de Gante (born 1954), Spanish judge and politician
• Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela (born 1935), the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
• Margarita Henríquez, Panamese TV personality
• Margarita Karapanou, Greek novelist
• Margarita Kolosov (born 2004), German rhythmic gymnast
• Margarita Volkovinskaya, the birth name of Uzbekistani-American actress Rita Volk
• Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
• Margarita López, New York City politician
• Margherita Lotti-Mancini, Augustinian Nun, Stigmatist, wife and Mother
• Margarita Beatriz Luna, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico
• Margarita Miniati, Greek scholar and writer
• Margarita Moran-Floirendo (born 1953), Miss Universe 1973 from the Philippines
• Margarita Mamun, Russian rhythmic gymnast
• Margarita Michailidou, Greek taekwondo practitioner
• Margarita Mukasheva, Kazakhstani runner
• Margarita Nazarova (disambiguation), several people
• Margarita Osmeña (born 1949), Filipino politician
• Margarita Pasos, Colombian television presenter
• Margarita Peña (1937-2018), writer, educator
• Margarita Plevritou, Greek water polo player
• Margarita Ponomaryova (born 1963), Russian hurdler
• Margarita Pracatan (1931–2020), Cuban singer
• Margarita Rivière, Spanish journalist and writer
• Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Spanish aristocrat
• Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Lithuanian politician
• Margarita Xhepa (born 1932), Albanian stage and film actress
• Margarita Xirgu, Spanish stage actress
• Margarita Zavala, former First Lady of Mexico

See also

• Margarita (disambiguation)
• Margaretta (given name)
• Marguerite (given name)

References