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Margarita (given name)

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Margarita
GenderFemale
Origin
MeaningPearl
Region of originPersia, Latin, Eastern European
Other names
Related namesMargaret (English), Margherita (Italian), Marguerite (French), Margareta (Swedish), Margaretha (Dutch), Margarida (Portuguese), Margarete (German), Rita, Maggie

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. The name is also used in Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Russian.

The traditional short form of this name is Rita.

List of people with the given name

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Fictional characters

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  • 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 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Marguerite Gautier, protagonist in the 1848 novel and 1852 play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas. 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

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References

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  1. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger. "Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2022-03-31.