Margarete

German, Russian and Scandinavian variation of Margaret
"pearl"

Margarete Origin and Meaning

The name Margarete is a girl's name meaning "pearl".

A common name in many cultures, sometimes spelled Margarethe.

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Famous People Named Margarete

  • Margarete Beatrice Feodora aka Princess Margaret of Prussia
    Landgravine of Hesse, Queen consort,elect of Finland, granddaughter of Queen Victoria
  • Margarete
    Princess of Brunswick,Wolfenbüttel; Duchess of Münsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt
  • Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula
    Duchess of Saxony; Princess of Hohenzollern
  • Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna
    Archduchess of Austria; sister of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Margarete Weißkirchner
    Countess of Hanau,Münzenberg
  • Margarete Kupfer
    German actress
  • Margarete "Grete" Schütte
    Lihotzky, Austrian architect
  • Margarete Steiff
    German stuffed animal maker
  • Margarete Schön
    German actress
  • Margarete Buber
    Neumann, German activist and memoirist
  • Margarete Bieber
    German,American art historian
  • Margarete Wallmann
    German ballerina
  • Margarete "Grete" Wittkowski
    German economist and politician
  • Margarethe Elisabeth Sylva "Margarete" Schlegel
    German actress
  • Margarete Robsahm
    Norwegian actress
  • Margarete Lanner
    German actress
  • Margarete Haagen
    German actress

Margarete in Pop Culture

  • Margarete
    mentioned in Paul Celan's Holocaust poem "Fugue of Death" ("your golden hair, Margarete/your ashen hair, Shulamith")