Margarita (given name)

Margarita

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Morvared
Meaning	Pearl
Region of origin	Persia
Other names
Related names	Margaret, Rita Rhiannon, Maggie

Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages, originally derived from Persian Morvared meaning 'pearl', which is cognate with the Sanskrit मञ्जरी (mañjarī) meaning 'pearl' or 'cluster of blossoms'. In Latin it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. The flower daisy is called margarita in Spanish, Greek and other languages. 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.

People

• 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
• Margarita of The Kingdom of Green Shadows. (2005-) Always wore white.
• 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), twentieth in line for the British throne
• Margarita Carmen Cansino, the birth name of American actress Rita Hayworth
• 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 Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela (born 1935), the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
• Margarita Henríquez, Panamese TV personality
• Margarita Karapanou, Greek novelist
• Margarita Volkovinskaya, the birth name of Uzbekistan actress Rita Volk
• Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
• Margarita López, New York City politician
• 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 athlete
• Margarita Mukasheva, Kazakhstani runner
• Margarita Nazarova (disambiguation), several people
• 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

Fictional

• Alexandra Margarita Russo, a.k.a. Alex Russo, a character from Wizards of Waverly Place, and her mother Theresa Magdalena Margarita Russo
• Margarita Nikolaevna, one of the protagonists in the novel The Master and Margarita by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov
• Margarete or Gretchen in Faust from Goethe
• Marguerite Gautier, protagonist in the 1848 novel and 1852 play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It was made a movie "Camille" (1936) by George Cukor.
• Detective Margarita "Maggie" Sawyer, a character portrayed by Floriana Lima on Supergirl (TV series).

See also

• Margarita (disambiguation)