Margarethe
Margarethe is a feminine given name, related to Margaret. People bearing the name include:Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870–1955), Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary and Tuscany Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885–1971), German operatic contralto Margarethe Cammermeyer, Washington National Guard colonel honorably discharged for disclosing she was a lesbian Maria…
- German
Meaning & Origin of Margarethe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Margarethe is a feminine given name, related to Margaret. People bearing the name include:Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870–1955), Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary and Tuscany Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885–1971), German operatic contralto Margarethe Cammermeyer, Washington National Guard colonel honorably discharged for disclosing she was a lesbian Maria…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Margarethe
Margarethe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1891, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1891: 8 births, good for #1,006 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Margarethes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1994 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 62 Margarethes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Margarethe
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Margarethe. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Margarethe
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- Margaretha
- Margareta
- Margaretta
- Margarida
- Mccarthy
- Margret
- Maccarthy
- Margarina
- Margerum
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About the name Margarethe
Margarethe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 62 births in the dataset. Margarethe's peak popularity came in 1891 when it ranked #1,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Margarethe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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