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Margareta
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margaréta Margaréta
English
Proper noun
en female Margaret.
11 January 1933 Miss Melamet Gives Her Wedding Plans: Daughter of Late Opera Director in Baltimore to Be Wed to Jozsi von Roessler https://www.nytimes.com/1933/01/11/archives/miss-melamet-gives-her-wedding-plans-daughter-of-late-opera-direc.html Miss Margareta Melamet, daughter of the late Professor and Mrs. David S. Melamet of Baltimore and well known in musical circles here and abroad, will be married Feb. 3 to Jozsi von Roessler, son of Baron and Baroness Wilhelm von Roessler of Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia.
14 June 2023 Lisa Brady Are YOU at risk of 'boundary burn-out'? Take our 14-question quiz compiled by a top psychologist to find out https://web.archive.org/web/20230614074506/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12189797/Top-psychologist-compiles-14-question-quiz-suffer-post-pandemic-phenomenon.html 'Interestingly, when it comes to the physical world – our home and workplaces – we're usually very good at ensuring we create secure boundaries to protect our property and our privacy,' says Professor Margareta James, a psychologist who works with traditional herbal medicine brand Avogel and founder of the Harley Street Wellbeing Clinic.
19 August 2024 Charlotte Karp Brittany Higgins trial: Eerie cyber army defending Linda Reynolds pops up online - and they're all saying the same thing https://web.archive.org/web/20240819140644/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13756045/Brittany-Higgins-senator-linda-reynolds-defamation.html Margareta, from Florida, said: 'I still remember the tears I shed when I watched Senator Linda Reynolds being brutally targeted in parliament. As a woman, I know how intimidating it can be to speak up in a male-dominated space.'
21 April 2025 Matthew Lodge; Eirian Jane Prosser King Charles pays tribute to Pope Francis after his death aged 88: His Majesty joins world leaders in remembering 'compassionate and devoted' Pontiff following his 'devastating' passing https://web.archive.org/web/20250421112154/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14631571/King-Charles-tribute-Pope-Francis-death.html Sister's of Mercy, Sister Angela Moroney and Sister Margareta Cunningham, both 86, were amongst those mourners gathered for the midday service.
German
Etymology
Latinate variant of de Margarete Margaret.
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female Margaret, rare in this official form
Related terms
no Grete, no Grethe, no Margaret, no Margareth, no Margrethe, no Margit, no Marit, no Marita, no Marte, no Marthe, no Merete, no Merethe, no Mette, no Rita.
Romanian
Etymology
From ro margaretă.
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Margareta.wav
Proper noun
m
ro matronymics
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Margaretha
Etymology
From sv la Margarita, from sv grc μαργαρίτης pearl. First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with en Margaret.
Pronunciation
sv /marɡa²reːta/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Margareta.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
sv 1997 w:Majgull Axelsson Aprilhäxan 160 Pan 2006 9172633298 "Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."
Usage notes
Popular in the middle of the 20th century, particularly as a middle name.
Related terms
sv Greta, sv Margit, sv Margot, sv Margret, sv Marit, sv Marita, sv Merit, sv Märit, sv Märta
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 251 020 females with the given name Margareta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.