Margarita (given name)

Margarita is a Spanish name. The flower "Daisy" is called Margarita in Spanish. However, the true origin of this name is Roman. In Latin the word 'margarita' meant 'pearl'. It is also used in Albanian Greek, Bulgarian and Russian. It is a variant of the Persian name Margaret. Persons with this name include:

• Infanta Margarita, 2nd Duchess of Hernani (b. 1939)
• Margaret of Austria (1584–1611)
• Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler
• Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Dutch princess
• Margarita Teresa of Spain, Holy Roman Empress
• Princess Margarita of Romania (b. 1949)
• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Dominican politician and lawyer, current First Lady and Vice President Elect of the Dominican Republic
• Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), Soviet poet and journalist
• Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002), fourteenth in line for the British throne
• Margarita Carmen Cansino, the birth name of American actress Rita Hayworth
• Nitza Margarita Cintron, Chief of Space Medicine at NASA's Johnson Space Center
• Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
• Margarita Karapanou, Greek novelist
• Margarita Volkovinskaya, the birth name of Uzbekistan actress Rita Volk
• Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
• Margarita López, politician in New York City, USA
• Margarita Beatriz Luna, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico
• Margarita Moran-Floirendo, Miss Universe 1973 from the Philippines
• Margarita Mamun, Russian rhythmic gymnast
• Margarita Nazarova, several people
• Margarita Ponomaryova (b. 1963), Russian hurdler
• Margarita Pracatan, Brazilian singer
• Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Lithuanian politician
• 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

See also

• Margarita (disambiguation)