Margarita

mar-gah-REE-ta
Spanish, Russian, Greek
"pearl, daisy"

Margarita Origin and Meaning

The name Margarita is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "pearl, daisy".

Margarita is an international form of Margaret that shares its meaning of "pearl", but also directly translates to "daisy" in Spanish and Greek. Despite being widely associated with the alcoholic beverage in English, it has a long history of use in Spanish, Greek and several Slavic languages — most notably being the name of the heroine of Mikhail Bulgakov's 1966 novel Master and Margarita. It currently ranks in the Top 30 girl names in Russia.

# 948 in the US

Margarita Rank in US Top 1000

Margarita Popularity

Famous People Named Margarita

  • Sofia Margarita Vergara
    Colombian,American actress
  • Margarita Saxe
    Coburg,Gotha, Tsaritsa Consort of Simeon II of Bulgaria
  • Margarita Carmen Cansino
    birth name of actress Rita Hayworth
  • Margarita Stefanova Popova
    Vice President of Bulgaria
  • Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko
    Lithuanian Olympic ice dancer
  • Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva
    Russian,American actress
  • Margarita Starkevičiūtė
    Lithuanian MEP
  • Margarita Volkovinskaya
    birth name of Rita Volk, Uzbek,American actress
  • Margarita Ibrahimoff
    birth name of Rita Wilson, American actress; wife of actor Tom Hanks
  • Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan
    Russian tennis player
  • Margarita Mamun
    Sukhorukova, Russian gymnast
  • (Maria) Margarita Roxas Moran
    Floirendo, Filipina beauty queen and activist; Miss Universe 1973
  • (Margarita) Mimi Baez Farina
    American folk singer, sister of singer Joan Baez
  • Margarita
    Princess of Greece and Denmark, sister of Britain's Prince Philip
  • Margarita Maria Beatriz
    Princess of Bourbon,Parma, Countess of Colorno, granddaughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
  • Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer
    sister,in,law of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
  • Margarita (born Margarete Alice Thyra Viktoria Marie Louise Scholastica)
    Princess of Baden, daughter of Berthold, Margrave of Baden; descendant of Queen Victoria
  • Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong
    Jones (b. 2004), granddaughter of Princess Margaret; grand,niece Queen Elizabeth II

Margarita in Pop Culture

  • Margarita Blankenheim
    serial killer and member of criminal organization Pere Noel in "Evillious Chronicles" series
  • Margarita
    character on TV's "Recovery Road"
  • Margarita "Maggie" Vera
    character on TV's "Charmed"
  • Margarita
    alcoholic beverage